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The 14th-century Casa di Giulietta, or House of Juliet, in Verona is one of the top tourist spots in a city that draws about 1.2 million people a year. It is the house from whose balcony legend has it that Juliet looked down to her Romeo. The building belonged to the Cappello family, traditionally identified with the Capulets as immortalised by Shakespeare.

Now the house in the City of Love is to be used as a venue for weddings and the city wants to eventually expand the campaign into a full tourist 'wedding package' that would include everything from hotel accommodation to flower arrangements.

Associated Press reports that nonreligious weddings at the House of Juliet will be possible from next month, when the last bureaucratic hurdle is cleared. The weddings can either take place inside the house or in the courtyard right below the famous balcony.

The marriage fee ranges from 600 euros for Verona residents to 1,000 euros for non-EUcitizens not living in the northeastern Italian city.

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