Saturday, February 13, 2016

Casa di Giulietta,Verona, Italy


As valentine's day is nearing , all the love birds out there will be busy in planning surprises for their significant other. Few weeks before I watched the movie "Letters to Juliet", about a girl who finds a letter while visiting the House of Juliet and travels through Italy to help the writer of the letter to reunite with her lost love. This movie urged me to write about Casa Di Giulietta (House of Juliet) located in the city of romance Verona, Italy.
         Shakespeare's stories are so rooted in real life that it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the fact and fiction. A perfect example for this is the House of Juliet. Every year hundreds of thousands of people trek to Verona to see the balcony where Juliet stood while Romeo declared his love. Although Shakespeare never visited Verona, and the characters Romeo and Juliet never existed, none of us care because this is the most popular love story in western culture and we all want to live a little part of its dream except for the tragic ending.
                          It once belonged to Capella family for many years. The fact that it has a balcony that looks out over a courtyard has turned into Juliet's balcony - the actual balcony where Romeo and Juliet began to plan events that led to their tragic deaths. It has turned out to the main attractions in Verona.


                                                     







    In the small courtyard , there is a bronze statue of Juliet. The metal of its statue is worn bare because if a person strokes the right breast of the statue, that person will have good fortune and luck in love.


        






The ultimate in romantic gesturing is the many love notes stuck on the walls and doors in the entrance to the courtyard. Many people write their names and the names of their beloved ones because a tradition has developed that if they leave a message with their name on it Juliet will cast a lucky spell on them and their love will last for eternity.




Club Di Giulietta: Since the 1930's letters addressed to Juliet keep arriving in Verona . The letters are read and replied to by local volunteers , organized in the 1980's , which is financed by the city of Verona.



Opening hours: 8:30 AM - 7:30 PM
  If you love someone bring them to Verona says the motto. I just can't believe that  people come here so that they will have a luck in their love. Its just wonderful. So this time make your valentine's day more special by visiting Juliet's house.
 






































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