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Verona is we’re Shakespeare ‘Romeo and Juliet is set in winter

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January 30th 2010
Saturday 30.1.210 day 108 Verona is we’re Shakespeare ‘Romeo and Juliet is set in winter We went to the pink marble Roman amphitheatre that was built in the 1st century AD and is still used today as Verona’s opera house. It is the third largest Roman amphitheatre in existence; it can seat 20,000 people and is remarkable well preserved. We also went to Casa di Glulietta (Juliet’s house) ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Verona

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more