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A modern-day Romeo finally got his girl on Monday when the northern Italian city of Verona opened up the balcony where Juliet pined for her lover as a venue for weddings.
The 13th century mansion of the Cappello family -- believed to be the Capulets of William Shakespeare's tragic play "Romeo and Juliet" -- has for years been a place of pilgrimage for lovers worldwide, who have scrawled love messages on its walls.
Now, Verona's town council is offering couples the chance to follow in the footsteps of Shakespeare's "star-crossed lovers" and see for themselves "what light from yonder window breaks."
The first Romeo to take advantage of the offer was soccer player star Luca Ceccarelli, who plays for local team Verona.
"I feel very emotional. You know, marriage always gives strong emotions especially in a situation like this," said a beaming Ceccarelli, before exchanging rings with his Juliet, Irene Lamforti. "We hope that this bring us a lot of luck."
But it does not come cheaply. A normal civil wedding license in Italy costs about 45 euros ($64): for non-European citizens the Verona license will cost nearly 900 euros, with EU non-Verona couples paying approximately 700 euros.
At that price, lovers will hope for a happy ending.
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(Agencies)
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意大利北部城市維羅納的“朱麗葉故居”于本周一對(duì)外開(kāi)放開(kāi)放，新人可以登上朱麗葉企盼愛(ài)人的陽(yáng)臺(tái)舉行婚禮。當(dāng)日，一位現(xiàn)代版“羅密歐”在此地與心上人喜結(jié)連理。
這座13世紀(jì)的卡佩洛家族故居被認(rèn)為是威廉?莎士比亞悲劇著作《羅密歐與朱麗葉》中（朱麗葉所屬的）凱普萊特家族的府邸。長(zhǎng)久以來(lái)，這里一直是世界各地情侶們的“朝圣”之地，墻上布滿(mǎn)了“愛(ài)情宣言”。
而今，維羅納市議會(huì)正為情侶們創(chuàng)造機(jī)會(huì)，效仿莎翁筆下“時(shí)運(yùn)不濟(jì)的戀人”，親自見(jiàn)證“是什么光線透過(guò)那遠(yuǎn)處的窗子？”
首位在此迎娶新娘的“羅密歐”是效力于當(dāng)?shù)厍蜿?duì)維羅納隊(duì)的球星盧卡?切卡雷利。
在與他的“朱麗葉”艾琳·拉姆弗蒂交換婚戒前，切卡雷利愉快地說(shuō)：“我很激動(dòng)，你知道，結(jié)婚總能使人心情激動(dòng)，特別是在這樣一個(gè)環(huán)境里。希望這能給我們帶來(lái)好運(yùn)。”
但在這里舉辦婚禮費(fèi)用不菲。在意大利，一次普通的結(jié)婚登記需花費(fèi)約45歐元（合64美元）， 而非歐籍公民在維羅納注冊(cè)結(jié)婚需花費(fèi)近900歐元，生活在維羅納以外的歐盟公民需花費(fèi)近700歐元。
這樣的高價(jià)希望能夠給新人們換來(lái)美滿(mǎn)的愛(ài)情結(jié)局。
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