Protestant Cemetery

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41° 52′ 35″ N, 12° 28′ 46″ E

The Protestant Cemetery, now officially called the Cimitero Acattolico“ Non-Catholic Cemetery” and often referred to as the Cimitero degli Inglesi “Englishmen’ Cemetery” is a cemetery in Rome, located near Porta San Paolo alongside the Pyramid of Cestius, a small-scale Egyptian-style pyramid built in 30 BC as a tomb and later incorporated into the section of the Aurelian Walls that borders the cemetery.

The presence of Mediterranean cypress, pomegranates, and other trees, and a grassy meadow suggests the more naturalistic landscape style of northern Europe, where cemeteries sometimes incorporate grass and other greenery. …