Keats–Shelley Memorial House

The Keats–Shelley Memorial House is a writer's house museum in , , commemorating the Romantic poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley. The museum houses one of the world's most extensive collections of memorabilia, letters, manuscripts, and paintings relating to Keats and Shelley, as well as Byron, Wordsworth, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Oscar Wilde, and others.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Italian museum about John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley
  • Also known as: Keats-Shelley Memorial House

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spanish Steps and Fontana della Barcaccia.

The in , , climb a steep slope between at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the church, at the top.

The is a Baroque-style fountain found at the foot of the in 's . Pope Urban VIII commissioned Pietro Bernini in 1623 to build the fountain as part of a prior Papal project to erect a fountain in every major piazza in Rome.

Church
Photo: SonyGM, CC BY 4.0.
The Church of Santissima , often called simply , is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church, part of a monastery complex in . is situated 110 metres northeast of Keats–Shelley Memorial House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains) and Modern Centre.

Locality
The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in .

The of , home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.

Locality
The is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the to the northwest and the to the southeast, it is home to the and the .

Keats–Shelley Memorial House

Latitude
41.90574° or 41° 54′ 21″ north
Longitude
12.48257° or 12° 28′ 57″ east
Open location code
8FHJWF4M+72
Open­Street­Map ID
way 202110420
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1133966
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Keats–Shelley Memorial House” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 济慈-雪莱故居
  • Chinese: 濟慈-雪萊故居
  • Dutch: Keats-Shelley House
  • Dutch: Keats-Shelley Memorial House
  • French: Keats-Shelley House
  • Georgian: კიტს–შელის მემორიალური სახლი
  • German: Keats-Shelley House
  • Italian: Keats-Shelley Memorial House
  • Spanish: Casa Conmemorativa Keats-Shelley
  • Turkish: Keats–Shelley Evi

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Highlights include Babington’s tea room and Sallustiano obelisk.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Keats–Shelley Memorial House”. Photo: Keats1795, Public domain.