A medieval building that belonged to the powerful and ancient Montecchi family, now a private residence, it is characterised by an alternation of Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance windows, surmounted at the top by some sections of a beautiful original battlements.
Romeo’s house is a tour stop in Shakespeare’s Verona, not far from the more famous Juliet’s House and just behind the Arche Scaligere. It is not a sumptuous aristocratic palace, with frescoes and decorations, but a sort of spartan and imposing brick castle.