Verona, the city of Romeo and Julieta

It is sure that you all know the tragic love story between Romeo and Julieta. Do you know where did it take place?. Yes, this is, in Verona, one of the most interesting tourist destinations of Italy. Nevertheless, in addition to receiving from the XIVth century the adventures and misfortunes of two big lovers shakesperianos, Verona has many other places that you must know.

We are in Verona, the biggest city of the Véneto, there where the tourists look with valor for the balcony of the house of Julieta, to hear the sighs of love of Romeo, and to look between the curtains for some Julieta shade. But, in Verona we have to approach to impressively Sand of Verona, placed in Piazza Bra. A grand Roman building, constructed in the year 30, with capacity for 20.000 persons.

Nowadays it is one of the bigger theaters of opera of the world, and it lodges big spectacles in June, July and August, the whole delight even for those who are not keen of the classical music. Out of these months, he is worth while paying the entry to visit it and to have a few impressive conference from the top part.

Of the Sand of Verona we can go on to visit the Loggia del Consiglio, an example of the Renaissance architecture of the XVth century, placed in the Piazza dei Signori. It is a question of the ancient head office of the Town hall of the city, and that today lodges the statues of some of the most famous residents of Verona.

In the Roman epoch, delle Erbe was placing the center of Verona in the Piazza. Nowadays it is an essential place in our visit to the city, with interesting flea markets, monuments and medieval buildings. Around him there is a big quantity of bars and restaurants. To sit down in one of them to contemplate calmly the beautiful House Mazzanti, with his living colors, or the source of Madonna Verona, the tower of Gardello and the Palace Maffei.

We cannot allow visiting the beautiful House of Julieta, of the XIIth century. A tourists' big quantity they always look for the courtyard of the house, waiting to do a photo to him along with the Julieta statue, or to stage the famous Romeo passage, calling to the balcony of his adorable love. Continuing with the thread of this tragedy, to approach the Basilica of San Zeno Maggiore, where supposedly it had or there would take place the marriage of Romeo and Julieta.

Already to the outskirts of the city, in the north bank of the river Adige, the Roman Theater and the Archaeological museum is. It is possible to visit the remains of the theater, which go back an Ist century. Sometimes they usually celebrate concerts, especially in summer. The museum placed inside an ancient monastery, offers a series of statues and mosaics of the Greek-Roman epoch.

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