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The story of the unhappy lovers of Verona, the
tragedy that inspired Shakespeare's play,
recalls a literary folk tradition established
throughout the centuries at Verona and written
out by Luigi Da Porto in 1531. The historically
documented rivalry between the two noble
families Montecchi and Capuleti echoes the civil
wars taking place in the city and inspired the
imaginary story of the two lovers.
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Throughout the
centuries lovers from all over the world have
come to Verona eager to identify the so-called
"House of Juliet" with the real house of the
young woman who answered Romeo from her balcony,
and her tomb with the open sarcophagus in the
old monastery of Cappuccini.
A walk trough the centre of Verona is a walk
trough history and trough the numerous and
important artistic evidences hold in this city. |
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THE MONUMENTS
The "Ponte di Pietra", "Arco dei Gavi", "Porta
Borsari", "Porta dei Leoni" and especially the
Roman theatre are the most important and best
kept monuments of the Roman period in Italy,
after the ones in Rome. Also the religious
heritage is particularly rich: the ancient
churches of St. Lorenzo and St. Stefano, the
cathedral of St. Maria Matricolare, the big
churches of St. Zeno and St. Stefano and many
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The Arena is the symbol of the city: roman
amphitheatre of the I century a.C. it has an
elliptical form and its major axis measures 138
metres. During the Roman period about 22.000
used to watch the gladiators fight; in the
following centuries all kinds of performances
were held there: ballets, jousts, tournaments…
In 1913 it opened its first Opera Season and is
still nowadays the stage of an important Opera
Summer Season.
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THE SCALIGERI SEGNORY
Verona has also been the city of the Scaligeri
Segnory and, from the city-state period, there
are many fascinating signs. First of all, the
Walls, “Castelvecchio” and the “Ponte
Scaligero”. In “Piazza dei Signori” there are
the signs of the Dalla Scala’ Segnory, such as
the Palace built by Cancrande, the residence of
the other Lords, the “Palazzo della Ragione” and
the “Arche Scaligere", the monumental tombs of
the Dalla Scala’s family. In lively “Piazza
delle Erbe”, nowadays place of the town market,
Palaces of different ages overlook the “Dalla
Madonna Verona” fountain with a roman statue of
the I century a.C. |
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