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LEGENDARY LOVE STORY LIVES ON IN NORTHERN ITALY ART CENTER ; ROMEO & JULIET'S VERONA
Verona, Italy: It could make one believe in make-believe. A tour guide leads visitors to a red-brick home by the Via Cappello and announces: "Welcome to the Temple of Love." Couples are cuddling in a shadowy courtyard. Lovers are adding their names and initials to collages of heart-shaped graffiti
Publication: The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
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No love (letter) is lost in the land of Romeo and Juliet: Letters to Juliet have poured into her hometown for decades. One group of volunteers makes sure they get answered.(World)
Byline: Michael Fainelli Giulio Tamassia knows exactly what to do when a young person, confused by feelings of love, writes in for advice. Mr. Tamassia's wisdom has been honed over 20 years of intercepting letters addressed to Juliet, whose ill-fated romance with Romeo rings true in lovelorn hearts
Publication: The Christian Science Monitor
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Travel: SOMEWHERE FOR THE WEEKEND: Verona The fair city where Romeo wooed Juliet is also the home of the celebrated opera festival. LUCY GILLMORE guides you through nights of a thousand stars
WHY GO NOW? Verona's celebrated summer opera festival has just started. From now until 1 September, the city's magnificent Roman Amphitheatre vibrates to floodlit arias every weekend evening and on select nights during the week. This summer the programme includes performances of Verdi's Aida, Il
Publication: The Independent (London, England)
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My Verona; It's the town that inspired 'Romeo and Juliet.' Looks like Shakespeare was on to something.
The Italian city of Verona is a sort of Disneyland of Eternal Love. Inspired by Shakespeare's star-crossed lovers, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock yearly to places said to have been associated with "Romeo and Juliet." Never mind that the couple may not even have existed. "Juliet's House,"
Publication: The Washington Post
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Where all roads lead to Romeo... Lynn Faulds Wood heads to Verona, and finds a city bursting with beauty, history and romance.(Features)
Byline: Lynn Faulds Wood IF YOU want to help to save the Italian economy this summer without breaking your own bank, what about a short break in Verona? Students of Shakespeare will know it as the setting for Romeo And Juliet, but it also turns out to be the fourth most visited city in Italy, and
Publication: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
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