Rome's Cimitero Acattolico was officially established in the late-eighteenth century for the city's growing Protestant, or non-Catholic community. Following the first burial in 1776, the size of the garden-like grounds, located south of the Aventine Hill, was increased at least twice and enclosed by a wall. The site is the final resting place for diplomats, scholars, artists and writers, including the famous English poets John Keats (17951821) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (17921822). More than 2,500 funerary monuments, ranging in scale from small tombstones to large stone sarcophagi, are arranged over five discrete areas. Most of the monuments, dating from the nineteenth century, are made from marble and feature Neo-Classical-style ornaments. Decades of deferred maintenance threaten the Cimitero Acattolico. Decay from air pollution and biological, growth as well as corroding metals and intrusive vegetation are damaging the stone monuments at an alarming rate. In the last few years, the administrative organization of the cemetery has been restructured. A general committee headed by Ronald Loudon, the Netherlands Ambassador to Italy, and an aesthetics committee, composed of representatives from foreign embassies and institutes, are establishing the legal status of the cemetery and developing a long-term conservation management plan. Individual monuments are being restored, but assistance is needed to make a significant impact in preserving the literary and cultural legacy of this forgotten cemetery.