Founded in the 1st century B.C., Verona has played such an important role in history. Shakespeare used it as the setting of his play Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo and Juliet, the classic love tragedy, and an opera evening in the backdrop of the giant Roman arena (22,000 seats) in the middle of the city: These are the most common associations of Verona (pop. 255,000), once an important Roman settlement, the place where the Adige River flows from the Alps to the lowlands.

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