Feb 22, 2018 · A crowd in the courtyard of Juliet's house, complete with balcony added for ambience in Verona, Italy, where Shakespeare set "Romeo and Juliet." Visitors cluster around Juliet's statue...

Feb 27, 2014 · The statue was moved to Museum Castelvecchio where it will be restored and displayed. An exact replica, commissioned by the city of Verona, will replace it at a cost of more than $27,000.

Created in 2014, this sculpture is a copy of the one made by Nereo Costantini in 1968: his work was cast in bronze thanks to the financial support by the Verona Lions Club and was initially placed in “palazzo Forti”, then in the courtyard of Juliet’s House. Costantini was inspired by the statue of “Madonna Verona” in piazza Erbe (14th ...

Oct 16, 2013 · The statue in Verona portraying the character of Juliet Capulet from William Shakespeare’s romantic tragedy has been damaged by people rubbing it for good luck. Over the years, visitors to Verona’s Casa di Giulietta (Juliet’s House) have rubbed the bronze statue’s right breast in a good-luck rite.

Mar 10, 2025 · The courtyard boasts a statue of Juliet, and visitors can partake in the popular ritual of rubbing her right breast for luck in love, though she herself had very little. Inside the house, you’ll find a small and immensely crowded museum with Renaissance-era costumes and the actual bed used in Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 film adaptation of the ...

Read the history of Juliet's Statue in Verona and discover why it is an unmissable place to see for all the lovers visiting the city.

Aug 31, 2023 · Romantic pilgrims flock to the city’s kitschy stores and contrived museums, reveling in Romeo and Juliet’s enduring passion. But local traditions surrounding young Juliet’s statue speak more to...

Feb 14, 2025 · A bronze statue of Juliet adorns the courtyard, with visitors lining up to rub her right breast for luck. This is a replica of the original statue - now displayed indoors - which was moved after a little hole was worn through Juliet's breast by decades of lovers' hands.

May 17, 2021 · Years after the #MeToo hashtag appeared on social media I found myself on a balcony in Via Capello in Verona, staring down at a statue of Juliet, Shakespeare’s teenage star-crossed heroine. A...

Nov 28, 2021 · The most famous monument in Verona is the statue of Juliet in the courtyard of the House of Juliet, which attracts the attention of all tourists who come to Verona. The bronze Juliet was created by the Verona sculptor Nereo Costantini (1905-1969) and this is one of his last works, which has become a symbol of the city.