What kind of love stories are there in Italy?

When I was wandering in Rome, Florence, Venice and Verona, which are known as the four cultural pearls, and when I was immersed in them to taste the ancient mystery and beautiful legend, I was surprised to find that many places of interest in Italy have a beautiful, romantic and lingering love story. They are so vivid and vivid, and a historic site carries a love story. The story makes the scenery more beautiful, and the scenery makes the story more moving.

In Rome, make a wish for love

Next to a crowded fountain, the hero turned his back to the water and threw the first coin over his right shoulder from the left atrium. A beautiful silver parabola glided over the water, and the coin slowly fell to the bottom. Then, the second coin was thrown into the pool from the palm of the protagonist in the same gesture ...

This is a pious game, which is a classic shot of classic romantic films such as Roman Love and Roman Fairy Tales. This place is the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome, which is a must-see for couples in Rome.

It is said that there are two kinds of people who toss coins here to make love wishes. One kind is an unmarried couple in love, hoping that love will succeed and they will grow old together. The other is married men and women who love each other, hoping for a successful divorce and an early marriage with an extramarital lover. No matter what kind of person, when every coin slowly sinks, with the sound of "Ding Dong", the coin thrower's mood suddenly stretches out and he is more hopeful about life and love. It seems that the "ding dong" sound is the response of the wishing pool to their good wishes.

In Florence, meet your dream lover

In Italy, you can't miss Florence. The poet Xu Zhimo translated the name of this city as "Fei Lengcui". Listening to this name is enough to arouse people's beautiful reverie and precious memories of this city.

On the Arno River, which runs through the city, there are many beautiful ancient bridges, each of which records a legend of the past. But the most important thing to visit is the old bridge located at the bottom of Sansheng Bridge, which is the only covered bridge on the Arno River, like an "air corridor", connecting uffizi gallery and Beatty Palace. The reason why this bridge is famous is not the architectural art itself and its practical function, but another version of the "Bridges of Madison County" has been performed here, and its protagonist is the famous great poet Dante.

On a bright spring morning, the sun shone on the Arno River, making the covered bridges and pedestrians on the bridge more dazzling. A noble and beautiful girl, accompanied by a maid, is walking along the river and is coming to the old bridge; At this time, Dante was coming from the other end of the covered bridge towards the girl, and they met by chance at the bridge. Dante stared at the girl, both surprised and disappointed; The girl, however, held flowers in her hand, looked straight ahead and walked straight past Dante as if she didn't see Dante. But the strange light in her eyes and the strange flush on her face reveal the information of a girl's affection.

This is the scene that Dante and Beatrice meet and fall in love at first sight, which is described by the famous painter Henri Holliday in his oil painting Encounter. The girl holding flowers in the painting is the poet Dante's dream lover Beatrice.

In fact, this painting only depicts the beginning of Dante's first love. Beatrice didn't marry Dante in the end. When Dante saw her for the second time, she was forced to marry an earl, but she died soon. Betty Ribbon took Dante's dream, but left the beauty and sadness to Dante. Dante is a man who is determined to love. He has always loved her and will always be determined. Such sadness and yearning made his early poem "New Life".

Dante expressed his pure love for Beatrice in "New Life", and then described his lover as the embodiment of pursuing the truth of the kingdom of heaven, and her soul flew to the sky and was reborn. Even in his later years, Dante's obsession with Beatrice is still hard to let go. In the Divine Comedy, he portrayed Beatrice as a goddess who combined truth, goodness and beauty and led him into heaven, in order to pin his good feelings for Beatrice.

Love gave birth to New Life, which made emotional and material preparations for his creation of Divine Comedy in his later years. And all this originated from an encounter on the covered bridge. It was this encounter on the covered bridge that created Dante's status as "the last poet in the Middle Ages and the first great poet in the new era" (Englishlanguage), and also created a romantic tourist attraction and a holy land of love.

"Do you want to meet the girl of your dreams?" When traveling to Florence, local tour guides always ask you this with a mysterious face. Then, tell you the story about the old bridge and Dante, and incite you to buy a ring in the gold shop on the old bridge to prepare a love token for the dream lover you are about to meet. Although this is just the usual "flirting" method of tour guides. However, people in Florence are convinced that the old bridge does have an aura of love. Walking and strolling on the bridge, even if you can't meet the beautiful Beatrice at the bridge like Dante, you can at least appreciate the true meaning of Dante's love by soaking in this aura.

In Venice, the bridge where the sun sets

A deep water port, a crescent-shaped boat, with two first lovers on board; Under a delicate bridge, the sunset is reflected on the first kiss of lovers. Such a beautiful and touching picture is the most unforgettable scene in the film "Love Will Set the Sun on the Bridge". Its background is Venice, and the exquisite bridge in the background is Venice's famous Bridge of Sighs.

The Bridge of Sighs is the most classic bridge in Venice. One end of it is connected to the court of the Governor's Office, and the other end is the cell on the other side of the Governor's Office. It is said that in the past, after a prisoner was tried and convicted in court, he would walk out of the palace of the Governor's Office and be sent to his cell after crossing the bridge of sighs. Just across a bridge, it is the difference between heaven and hell. These dying prisoners, when passing through the beautiful marble bridge of Sigh Bridge, can't help sighing deeply when they see the beautiful scenery of water outside through the carved window and think of life is sweet who once had a tryst with his lover under the same bridge, hence the name of Sigh Bridge. As for where its original name "Sunset Bridge" came from, I asked the local tour guide and looked up some information, but I couldn't find the answer.

It is said that the director of "Love Will Set the Sun on the Bridge" chose this place as the theme location, precisely because the bridge has been the place where Venetians love each other since ancient times. According to legend, Kasha Nova, the great lover of that year, often crossed the bridge of sighs with his new girlfriend gondola at the moment when the sunset bell rang, and at the same time lost no time in giving his "first kiss" to his lover. In this way, Kasha Nova has captured the hearts of many women under this bridge. In order to commemorate this great lover, people set up a group of sculptures not far from the Bridge of Sighs: Kasha Nova holds a slender lady, whose graceful demeanor and affectionate eyes have lived up to the title of "Great Lover". It is said that he is the only suspect who successfully escaped from Venice prison, relying on his lover who has the status of a lady.

When this legend was demonstrated to the world by the famous directors Diane Lian and Tyrone Niersboner in The Bridge of Love Will Set the Sun, Venice and its Bridge of Sighs became the most romantic place for young people in Europe and America to express their love for their lovers. The line "When the sunset bell rings, I want to kiss you under the sunset bridge" has also become the most classic love confession and has become popular all over the world.

In Verona, lovers get married.

Verona is a medium-sized Italian city with a long history and a population of 25,. It is bordered by the Alps in the north, Milan in the west, Venice in the east and Rome in Nantong. However, what makes the city of Verona famous in the world is not its geographical location and pleasant scenery, but because it is the place where Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other.

At the end of the 16th century, Shakespeare, who had never been to Italy, was deeply moved by overhearing the story of a pair of young people in Verona, an important town in northern Italy, who were faithful and loved each other for life and death. So, taking the legendary two young people as the prototype and his imaginary Verona as the scene, it took a month to write the immortal drama Romeo and Juliet.

Since Shakespeare's famous play came out, especially since the 193s, Hollywood and Italian filmmakers in the United States have put this famous play on the screen many times, Verona has become a love shrine in the eyes of young people all over the world, and millions of people come to Wan Li every year to feel the true meaning of love.

The city government of Verona took advantage of the situation and bought a courtyard at No.23 Capello Street as Capello's home. So there was the former residence of Juliet that people believed in. This may be the most classic and successful match between reality and fiction in human history. This fake Juliet's former residence is a typical medieval old house. The courtyard is paved with pebbles, and the walls are covered with ivy. The whole courtyard looks quaint and quiet.

Opposite the gate is the balcony where Juliet and Romeo meet. Couples who come here for pilgrimage will hug each other and take pictures on the balcony. Different from the plot of the script, it's just that the boyfriend doesn't have to climb The Upper Terrace from the rope like Romeo.

The stone wall under the balcony is the famous "Love Wall". All the places that are not covered by green vines, and all the places that can be touched by hand, are full of words and pictures that bless love. The picture has Cupid's arrow and a heart-shaped symbol. Patterns of different colors and words in different languages form a huge crayon drawing, which adorns the old and gloomy flint wall with colorful colors.

On the side of the courtyard stands a bronze statue of Juliet. The statue itself is not exquisite, but the image of a beautiful girl is very realistic. Her left hand hangs down gently and her right hand bends over her chest. Look at its shape, graceful and graceful; Taste its spirit, affectionate, slightly sad, as if looking forward to Romeo's arrival. Looking at this statue, we can't help but think of a line Romeo said to Juliet in shock in the gloomy tomb of Capulet family: Oh, Juliet, why are you still so beautiful!

Although this bronze statue seems to have lost its original color of brass due to time erosion, its right arm and right breast are extremely smooth and bright due to frequent touching by tourists. Touching Juliet's breasts is not indecent, but I am convinced that touching Juliet's breasts will get her enlightenment, so that lovers will get married.

As an ancient city with a long history, it poured its emotions into Juliet's sculptures, balconies and walls. Not far from Wan Li, there are more couples who are in love. They come here to relive the affectionate kiss between Juliet and Romeo on Juliet's balcony, write down their vows of love on the wall under the balcony, then leave their pairs of beautiful images in front of Juliet's statue, and finally, touch Juliet's right breast for the blessing of God. (At Home and Abroad)