Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young “star-cross’d lovers” whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers. The play, set in Verona, begins with a street brawl between Montague and Capulet supporters who [Continue reading ...]
The Christmas Star in Piazza Bra in Verona. The city has always been a meeting point for culture and traditions are changing and as lights, sounds and colors of Christmas. Illuminated by hundreds of lights that create an effect like the Champs Elysees in Paris. Going through all the streets of Old Town and arriving [Continue reading ...]
Between Piazza Erbe and the Piazza dei Signori is that for centuries has been called Arco della Costa, built in about 1470. Hanging under the arch, a curved spine, very similar to that of Almenno in Bergamo. For some, the remains of a whale, for others the remains of an ancient dragon. The arch of [Continue reading ...]
Castelvero is a beautiful hill’s village in north east side of Verona’s province, reachable by Val d’Illasi and Val d’Alpone. Castelvero is probably the oldest human settlement in this area, before Ancient Roman’s age and it’s name originate from Castrum Vetus (latin for Ancient Roman Castle). It’s about 550 meters high. The permanent population is [Continue reading ...]
Soave was a Roman center on the via Postumia that connected Aquileia to Genoa. There are different names about the origin of current name: according to one theory, it could derive from the Suebi (sometimes called Soavi in medieval Italian). The castle was cited for the first time in occasion of the Magyar invasions (934). [Continue reading ...]
