Greece is strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Situated on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north and Turkey to the northeast.
For the park in Upstate New York, see Verona Beach State Park. Romeo + Juliet is a 1996 American romantic drama film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes in the leading roles. The film is an abridged modernization of Shakespeare's play.
Had Shakespeare made some change in the setting of the story from his source, such arguments might have some force. As it is, it is clear that Shakespeare did not voluntarily choose Romeo and Juliet to be set in Italy any more than he chose Macbeth to be set in Scotland or Hamlet in Denmark.