House of Juliet Site Features

The house is a thirteenth-century Gothic townhouse in brick, of the ordinary Veronese merchant type: a tall narrow front onto the street, a courtyard behind, and pointed-arch openings.

The facade onto the courtyard carries Gothic windows and a doorway with the dal Cappello arms -- a hat, punning on the family name -- which is the one genuinely medieval piece of evidence connecting the building to the story.

The balcony is the famous element and the least authentic one. It was assembled in the 1930s from a fourteenth-century sarcophagus fragment and fixed to the courtyard wall as part of a restoration that deliberately built the legend into the fabric.

Inside, the rooms were fitted out in the same campaign in a Gothic-revival manner, with period furniture brought in rather than original to the house.

In the courtyard stands a bronze Juliet by Nereo Costantini, placed in 1972; the figure now there is a copy, the original having been moved indoors after decades of being touched.

The courtyard and balcony

The courtyard frames the famous balcony and is the most recognizable part of the visit. Access to the courtyard, museum rooms and balcony may be managed separately under current crowd-control arrangements.

The museum

Inside, furnished rooms, artworks and displays interpret the Romeo and Juliet tradition rather than presenting the house as an archaeologically verified residence of the characters.

Casa di Giulietta stands in the dense medieval street pattern just off Via Cappello, a short walk from Piazza delle Erbe. Its small courtyard is enclosed by high masonry walls and historic-looking façades, creating an intimate setting that also concentrates crowds and sound.

The familiar scene is partly the result of twentieth-century restoration and staging rather than an untouched medieval environment. The balcony dominates the courtyard view, while the narrow entrance passage sharply limits circulation at busy times.