Vicolo Inferno

It would seem that The Poet (Shakespeare, William...you know!) may have found the inspiration for his epic Romeo And Julia in actual life. Consider this : in the year 1504, the streets of the Italian town of Imola (situated some 32 km from Bologna along the old SS6 road in the direction of coastal town Rimini) were the scene of a bloody battle between noble families, involving also a forbidden love.