![]() During this time, he has dedicated his life to his health and his beloved Lucina – the real Juliet. Luigi da Porto – the real Romeo – has spent the last six years as a paraplegic due to a war wound received in 1511. It is 1517 the setting is Villa Porto in Montorso Vicentino, from where you can see the castles known today as the Castles of Romeo and Juliet. And, furthermore, it is even more tragic. And this time it is not the Shakespearean play, it is not the romantic dream of eternal love that everyone wishes and desires, it is not Verona and its Hollywood invention. Only this time it is the story, the true story, the real story, with real people and real places. I am going to tell you the story of Romeo and Juliet. ![]() Joining us today to share with you the REAL story of Romeo and Juliet, is our guide Ruben. ![]() And yet.this story actually begins just to the east of Verona, in an old stone villa near Vicenza. The tragedy is the first thing we think of when we hear "Verona". "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona, where we lay our scene." Few among us would fail to recognize the opening lines to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ![]()
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