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.
The story takes place in Verona, Italy. It is a relatively small city, but one that is dominated by the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. The story of Romeo and Juliet itself grew from a Greek play and then several other works with similar themes, and the fact that it takes place when it does allows for the realistic existence of two great families that exist in some ways above the law of the city.