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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

In this "Romeo and Juliet," religion further divides the Capulet and the Montague families. Juliet has been raised in a family that honors Yoruba traditions, with roots in West Africa, and Romeo ...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Sasquatch statue in Mt. Juliet seems to be catching everyone's eye. "I don't know that we really thought it would have [this] much of an impact," Colin Noel said.

Some time ago I found myself on a balcony in Verona staring down horrified as a laughing crowd surrounded a statue of Juliet, vying for the chance to touch her right breast.

A major GCSE exam board has admitted to making a mistake on an English literature paper question about Romeo and Juliet. ... Tybalt, came from the Montague family, when in fact he is a Capulet.