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Verona was flooded in [[1239]] and quite entirely soon rebuilt. It was in the Middle Ages the town of the ''signoria'' of the Scala family.

It is also the town in which [[Shakespeare]] imagined his ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', a work which describes the tragic love of a boy and a girl from the ''Capuleti'' and the ''Montecchi'' families, rivalling in Verona in the 13th and 14th century.

Juliet]]'', a work which describes the tragic love of a boy and a girl from the ''Capuleti'' and the ''Montecchi'' families, rivalling in Verona in the 13th and 14th century.

Verona was the birthplace of [[Catullus]], [[Vitruvius]], and the town that [[Julius Caesar]] selected for his relaxing stays. In its history many important names passed and events happened that were relevant for the European history, like [[Theodoric]] (the king of [[Ostrogoths]]), [[Alboin]] and [[Rosamunda]], the [[Lombards|Lombard]] Dukes, [[Charlemagne]] and [[Pippin|Pippin of Italy]], [[Berengar I]], [[Dante]]. [[Conclave]]s were held here, and important congresses. Verona was in the travel diaries of [[Goether]], [[Stendhal]], [[Paul Valéry]].