Juliet's Balcony

Topdeck European Wonder Trip (October 8th-25th, 2009)

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February 7th 2011
Day 9: Rome, Italy to Venice, Italy Thursday, October 15th,2009 Of to Venice we go with a friendly stopover in Verona to see Juliet's balcony, a replica of the balcony used in the play Romeo and Juliet. Well, I did not find Verona to be too interesting. Juliet's balcony was just one of those tourist traps. There wasn't much there. Just a balcony and a bunch of letters on ... read more

Europe » Italy » Veneto » Venice

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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