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We’ll begin our stroll though this maginficent city at the Roman Amphitheater!
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Finally, this is the house and balcony that Shakespeare chose as the setting for his play, Romeo and Julliet!
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Sadly I didn’t get to see an opera, but I saw lots of posters!
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I’ll have some pictures from my trip around Lake Garda next week!
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To see other pictures from my trip –
for Venice – click HERE
Lake Garda’s towns and villages – click HERE
A walk along the Lake to Bardolino – Click HERE
Garda town – click HERE
Thanks for sharing this lovely visit with us Keith.
The pleasure’s mine, I assure you!
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It LQQKS lovely there I enjoyed all the photos thanks for the tour 🙂
Have a veronatastic week Keith 👍
Thanks Steve, it’s an amazing city!
Wonderful angles and perspectives in your photos, Keith. Really makes the stone work and statues stand out perfectly. Love the photos of the equestrian statues (I think). Great sharing! I enjoyed your travellog gallery! Thank you!
I’m really pleased you liked them Suzette, plenty more to come!
Awesomeness!
We were there on a day trip from Venice years ago and it was magical! We walked the entire city and saw everything, thanks for bringing it all back!
Mitch
It was incredible, as was Venice the previous day! Thanks, Mitch.
Thank you, it’s beautiful and I enjoyed the virtual tour very much.
Thanks for joining me, Mimi!
ty for your tour!
My pleasure, Beth!
Beautiful shots of a beautiful city.
I loved the sign about defacing the wall. I laughed out loud.
Thank you for hosting the Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop.
Have a fabulous day and rest of the week, Keith. 🙂
Thanks Sandee, the defaced wall tickled me too!
Keith, thank you for taking us on such a delightful visual tour of this enchanting city! Your photos beautifully captured the essence and beauty of the Roman Amphitheater and the balcony from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. I can almost imagine being there, soaking in the history and culture through your lens.
Happy Wednesday!
Thanks so much for your kind words. The one picture I wanted but couldn’t get was of the statue of Juliet – I’ve never seen such a crowd!
Beautiful! Funny the sort of workman statue in pants (and what looks like boots?)
He was anonymous but interesting! Thanks, Lydia.
Hi Keith – amazing range of building materials and ways of building … it looks beautiful … pity about the non- visit to an Opera … and really did Shakespeare visit Italy … well myths stick! Stunning pics though – cheers Hilary
Thanks Hilary, Verona’s an amazing place with an incredible history.
It’s considered unlikely that Shakepeare visited Italy, and it’s thought that he was inspired by the poem The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet from 1562. Apparently a third of his plays were set in in and around there (thank you Google!)
Such beautiful architecture.
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It’s unbelievable!
The things they built and the architecture is amazing. To build such solid things that last so long and it was all done without machinery and all the modern conveniences. It is really a miracle. Great photos.
That what amazes me. Thanks so much.
I could happily live in that beautiful place!
Me too!
Wooah! These are indeed architectural wonders. And your photos are always are bedazzling.
I remember that Romeo Juliet balcony and the wall from a film. But can’t recollect which one, now…
Have a great week and thank you so much for hosting.
Thanks, Natasha, I seem to have got a bit behind with responding to the comments – better late than never!
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OMG, those are such beautiful photos. So very lovely. Thank for sharing this with us. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.
My pleasure, thank you!
Some beautiful old buildings! I’m particularly drawn to the ruins – they have clearly outlasted their functions, but remain and are maintained and appreciated as they are. I also like those colorful windows.
Exactly so, Thanks so much.
I have been and it was fabulous. The tour of the ruins outside were just as remarkable as the stadium! Your pictures are beauties!!
Thanks so much Rosey!
Gorgeous, Keith! Who is that dashing fellow in pic #7?
Thanks, Nancy! He was nameless, but the statue is called Al Caduti Per La Liberta.
Very interesting, Keith. That translates into To the Fallen for Freedom. Here’s what I found out:
The statue represents a partisan. It was made by Mario Salazzari (1904-1993), sculptor, musician, poet and partisan from Verona. The statue was erected in 1946 to commemorate the first anniversary of Liberation on 25th April. Some critics have compared Salazzari’s statue to Michelangelo’s David, that was also an important iconographic model during the Fascism. The statue is well preserved and it is well valued thanks to its favorable location.
Thanks, Nancy, now I know!
Sounds like a lovely Verona trip! Romeo & Juliet balcony must have been a highlight.
It was, I had to queue to see it but it was worth the wait!