Wed Me In Verona

The house of Juliet in Verona, Italy, celebrated on June 1st in 2009 the first of weddings the city had organized to take place there, inspired by the house of eternal love, with the initiative called 'Wed me in Verona'. The first couple to get married there was the Italian footballer, Luca Cecarelli and Irene Lanforti.

Although Juliet is a fictional character under the pen of Shakespeare, more than 2.5 million visitors, natives as well as foreigners from all over the world, flock to Casa de Giulietta to take photos of the famous balcony and, of course, to rub the right breast of Juliet's statue for luck.

According to Verona's mayor, the city is the fourth in Italy for tourism (the top three are Rome, Florence, and Venice) To be in this house for the official seal of your love will cost €600 for the locals, €800 for all other residents of Europe, and €1,000 for the rest.

A modest sum to pay if love could be so assured to last an eternity. Looking from my cynic point of view, it would be much more cynical should the marriage didn't last. I can't help wondering, even though that was just 4 years ago, would all the marriages formed then be intact still?

Perhaps one could then blame the house not keeping it's promise, breach of agreement, fees collected under false pretences, etc. and ask for a refund?

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