♥ Juliet Club ♥
Dear Juliet...
Every year, the Juliet Club in Verona, Italy receives thousands and
thousands of letters from people all over the world seeking Juliet's
advice about a range of topics, but mostly love. A team of volunteers,
known as Secretaries of Juliet, answers each of these letters in the
name of the most famous heroine in literature--Juliet. In addition to
Verona being the setting of Shakespeare's most renowned play,
Romeo and Juliet, this unique phenomenon has made Verona the
world's "city of love."
It all started back in the 1930's when Ettore Solimani, guardian of
Juliet's tomb, began gathering the first letters people left at the
grave. Moved by this phenomenon, he began replying, thus becoming the
first “Secretary of Juliet." While this age is dominated by text
messages, emails, etc., we often still turn to pen and paper when it
comes to expressing our innermost feelings. We see this when people
write in their journals or in this case, write letters to Juliet. Isn't
it interesting then that we contact a real person by phone or email
while we prefer pen and paper to reach a mythical character?
Write to Juliet 💌