Cimitero Acattolico di Roma (Non-Catholic Cemetery)

A walled burial ground whose administration gives its address as Via Caio Cestio, 6 nel Rione di Testaccio, 00153 Roma. It has been an active cemetery since 1716 and is privately managed and still in use; its historic garden holds over 6,000 burials, representing more than fifty religious denominations from nearly sixty countries. Opening is Monday to Saturday 09.00 to 17.00, last admission 16.30, and Sundays and public holidays 09.00 to 13.00, last admission 12.30. It closes on 1 and 6 January, for fifteen days around Ferragosto, and on 8, 24, 25, 26 and 31 December, and closes at 13.00, last entry 12.30, at Easter and Easter Monday, on 25 April, 1 May and 2 and 29 June; the administration also cautions that it may close without notice for reasons beyond its control. Groups must book, in fixed slots — Monday to Saturday at 10.00, 11.30, 14.00 and 15.30, Sundays and holidays at 10.00 and 11.00, none at All Saints — with at most two groups in the morning and two in the afternoon, capped at fourteen visitors plus one leader or licensed guide, and no booking is taken for groups under sixteen; a voluntary contribution of 5 euro a visitor is suggested. The cemetery states that it does not at present offer guided visits, so groups bring their own guide. There is a visitors' centre with volunteers, books and guides, there are toilets and a chapel, and a cat colony lives inside the walls. Its own directions say that via Caio Cestio is a turning off via Marmorata on the north side of the Pyramid and that the entrance is on the left halfway along; it also says the Pyramid is seen well from the old cemetery but cannot be entered from the garden. The administration notes that architectural barriers may affect some visitors' experience. Bus 3, 23, 30, 60, 75, 83, 95, 175 and 280; Metro B Piramide.