Casa di Giulietta

Casa di Giulietta is a medieval tower house in Verona, first documented in 1351 and linked to the Dal Cappello family. Their hat emblem remains carved into the keystone above the courtyard entrance. The building once contained an inn called del Cappello, while later craft shops occupied parts of the property. In 1939, Antonio Avena transformed it into a museum after Verona had acquired the building.

Five floors combine Veronese frescoes, period furniture, nineteenth-century paintings, and costumes from Franco Zeffirelli’s film. The balcony uses red marble brackets, a medieval stone slab, white marble extensions, and local Avesa stone. Inside, the balcony room follows Francesco Hayez’s painting The Last Kiss of Romeo and Juliet. A Renaissance red-marble fireplace and a film-designed bed by Lorenzo Mongiardino add distinctive details.

The courtyard holds Nereo Costantini’s bronze Juliet, installed in 1973 beneath the decorated internal façade. Visitors traditionally touch her right breast for luck in love.