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                    [Title] => Paris Couture Fashion Week: Valentino’s Spring 2015 Couture
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Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli are in the mood for love.

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Star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet light up the silver screen again in Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy. For those who skipped English Lit, the story is set in Verona, Italy, where the rival families of Montague and Capulet publicly fight in the streets. But, Romeo (Douglas Booth) of the Montagues has no interest in their ancient feud, especially after he meets and falls for Juliet (Hailee Steinfeld), a Capulet, at a masked ball. The two smitten kids secretly marry, but then a duel between the families turns deadly and Romeo gets banished from Verona. Distraught, Juliet turns to Friar Laurence (Paul Giamatti), who hatches a scheme to reunite the couple. Check out these five essential “Romeo and Juliet” facts:

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"Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” This thought reverberated in my mind as I strolled down the cobble-stoned streets of Verona in Italy and chanced upon the very famous balcony where there are daily reenactments of the popular Romeo and Juliet lamentation.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-10 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135405 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1231640 [AuthorName] => Christine S. Dayrit [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 908736 [Title] => Looking for Juliet [Summary] =>

In fair Verona there is a balcony that people go to see. And a maiden made of bronze whose beauty has defied time. A rub of her right breast promises to make one lucky—in one’s search of love beyond her courtyard where promises of love are enshrined.

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In Cavite lies a 250-hectare real estate property by premier developer Moldex Realty that captured the heart of a particular resident eight years ago.

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 Who is this 20th century Italian architect best known for integrating elegant glass, metal, and wood details into the architecture of medieval Venice?

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MANILA, Philippines - Verona in northern Italy is known as the setting for the most famous love story in history: Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

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Who is the American-Italian cook book author and educator best known for teaching Italian cooking classes in a restored Renaissance villa outside Verona?

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It happened night after night, the deaf man said, sometimes in the priest's bedroom, sometimes in the bathroom, even in the confessional.

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