
The Keats-Shelley House, Piazza di Spagna 26, Rome.
Was most interested to discover Axel Munthe's (physician, author of the wonderful "The Story of San Michele," among others) journey landed him briefly as tenant in an apartment at 26 Piazza di Spagna, the apartment where poet John Keats died of consumption in 1821.
Byron's degenerate friend John Polidori, author of "The Vampyre," also spent time here.
At the top of the steps, Chiesa Santissima Trinita dei Monti holds some lovely frescos by Michelangelo's friend and colleague, Daniela da Volterra:

Saturday, March 13, 2010
Piazza di Spagna 26, 00187 Rome
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