Cities of Emilia-Romagna 2008 |
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Benvenuto a Verona - Romeo and Juliet's hometown |
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This tower belonged to the Duke, near where Giulietta (Juliet) lived. |
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To secure your relationship, put a lock on this well. |
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OK, this is the genuine fake Juliet Capulet (Maria in "Westside Story") courtyard and balcony. The place actually belonged to historic family (Cappelli). You are supposed to rub Juliet's breast for good luck. |
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Other major site (more interesting) are Roman ruins. Third biggest surviving arena, right next to Piazza Bra (means 'field' in Veronese). |
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The Roman arena is one side of Piazza Bra. |
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Italian students have to take field trips, too. |
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Large stadium, still used for opera!? |
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Workers are preparing the stadium for opera festival. This place is 2,000 years old and the plumbing still works. Totally amazing. |
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Church, where I ate lunch. |
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Piazza Erbe, near casa di Giuletta |
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Piazza Bra again; it's large. |
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Piazza Bra one more time. |
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Vendors and large numbers of German and British tourists (and Phil) at Piazza Erbe. |
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Mom and daughter, both stylish (this is Italy) at the edicolo or tabacheria (newspaper stand), where you mainly get lottery and bus tickets. |
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This is Castelvecchio. Old castle. Duh. |
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Bridge from Castelvecchio (not as old as arena) |
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View of city, old Roman Bridge, from Roman Theatre across river |
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Nice houses along River Adige; last photo taken from old stone bridge. Actually, bridge was bombed during WWII and was rebuilt. |
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Notice that Jon came over for the day. You can see him with a couple of other kayakers in picture taken from stone bridge. |
| (c) Phil Wandschneider 2008 | |
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