<P> In Verona , an early 14th - century house at Via Cappello no . 23 , claiming to be the Capulets ' has been turned into a tourist attraction but it is mostly empty . The real second name was in Italian Cappelletti , a noble family , and not Capuleti . Cappelletti were in the past members of the light cavalry of the Republic of Venice . They fought for it since the 13th century and they were originally from Dalmatia and Albania . It features the balcony , and in the small courtyard , a bronze statue of Juliet . It is one of the most visited sites in the town . The metal of its chest is worn bare due to a legend that if a person strokes the right breast of the statue , that person will have good fortune and luck in love . </P>
<P> In Verona , an early 14th - century house at Via Cappello no . 23 , claiming to be the Capulets ' has been turned into a tourist attraction but it is mostly empty . The real second name was in Italian Cappelletti , a noble family , and not Capuleti . Cappelletti were in the past members of the light cavalry of the Republic of Venice . They fought for it since the 13th century and they were originally from Dalmatia and Albania . It features the balcony , and in the small courtyard , a bronze statue of Juliet . It is one of the most visited sites in the town . The metal of its chest is worn bare due to a legend that if a person strokes the right breast of the statue , that person will have good fortune and luck in love . </P>
who do researchers think the capulet family is based on
who do researchers think the capulet family is based on
Cappelletti
Cappelletti