Casa di Giulietta is a 13th-century palazzo in the Via Cappello whose association with Shakespeare's Juliet is entirely constructed — and entirely compelling. The bronze statue of Juliet in the courtyard, the ivy-covered brick walls, and the Gothic-arched balcony above have become one of the most photographed compositions in Italy. The museum inside contains period furniture and artefacts relating to the Romeo and Juliet narrative; the building itself — the worn tuff stone, the carved balcony corbels, the way the courtyard contains and frames the view upward — is the more serious argument for a visit. The graffiti on the entrance passage walls, left by visitors over decades, has its own archaeological quality. Best in the early morning before the courtyard fills.
Città Antica, Verona, Italy