Romeo and Juliet is one of the best known plays by Williams Shakespeare and takes place in Verona, Italy. In Verona you can visit “Juliet’s Balcony” which is in a courtyard and use to have a statue of Juliet. It is said that those who touch her right breast you’ll be lucky in love. So many people touched her breast that it destroyed the statue and was recently removed. People also leave pleas on notes or graffiti on the way into the courtyard also looking for Juliet’s help. I found it a bit ironic due to how the story ends.
Nevertheless, I did get my own Romeo and Juliet statue.
See more about Juliet’s Balcony in Verona.
Souvenir Saturday is an every-other week series on the items that represent travel memories.
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