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| Hours | Mon-Fri 9am-1pm and 3-6pm; Sat 11am-2pm and 3-6pm. Guided tours by appointment | ||
| Address | Piazza di Spagna 26 | ||
| Transportation | Metro: Spagna | ||
| Phone | 06-6784235 | ||
| Prices | Admission 3.50€ ($4.20) | ||
Frommer's Review
At the foot of the Spanish Steps is this 18th-century house where John Keats died of consumption on February 23, 1821, at age 25. Since 1909, when it was bought by well-intentioned English and American literary types, it has been a working library established in honor of Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who drowned off the coast of Viareggio with a copy of Keats's poems in his pocket. Mementos range from the kitsch to the immortal. The apartment where Keats spent his last months, carefully tended by his close friend Joseph Severn, shelters a strange death mask of Keats, as well as the "deadly sweat" drawing by Severn.
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Frommer's Rome, 18th Edition
Author: Darwin Porter |
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