Statue of Romeo and Juliet

The monument called “Romeo e Giulietta, un sogno sospeso” represents the two Shakespearean lovers in a stylized form. It was made in Poland in 2008 by the sculptor Enrico Muscetra (Alezio, 1946); then it was placed in piazza Indipendenza in 2012.

The work was created for the exposition “Romeo e Giulietta, un sogno sospeso” organized in 2009 for the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall; the exposition ended an international project organized to remember the most famous European myths. Critics said that Enrico Muscetra’s sculpture was representative of the whole event. It isn’t a coincidence that in this work Romeo and Juliet’s bodies are represented as two hearts: in fact, Muscetra became famous for his bronze sculptures and for “hearts”, his leitmotif. The heart is not only a human organ but it is also the symbol of spirituality.

The work is in quite a good state of preservation and it is well valued thanks to its isolated location in the garden and its closeness to the main squares of the city.

Source: guidebook "Le statue di Verona", project supervised by Luca Leone, published in August 2015 with the support of the town council of Verona.