Verona commissions replica 'Juliet' statue after one too many brushes with tourists. Tradition of rubbing a bronze statue of Shakespeare's "star-cross'd" heroine has damaged it, prompting Verona ...

Rub the bronze breast of the Juliet statue in the fair city of Verona, Italy, and your luck with love will turn around, the legend goes. But tourists hoping to claim their share of the star ...

Experts discover a statue of Juliet in Verona was secretly filled with love notes from star cross'd lovers. ... The £16,500 replica has been installed back in the courtyard of Juliet's House, ...

The incident that landed a prominent Boston surgeon in trouble with colleagues has its roots in a curious Italian tradition.

Italian city's famous Romeo and Juliet statue 'ruined' by tourists groping her breast Juliet was placed underneath a balcony in Verona, Italy, as a tribute to Shakespeare's play.

The wear and tear to the statue, which is of modern creation and has stood in the courtyard since 1972, included a crack in Juliet’s right breast, which has been worn shiny by contact with so ...