Luigi Da Porto was an Italian writer and historiographer, better known as the author of the novella Historia novellamente ritrovata di due giovani amanti, with the story of Romeo and Juliet, later reprised by William Shakespeare for his famous drama.
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![Da Porto could see the two castles of Montecchio Maggiore from the Villa Da Porto [it], shown here as renovated in 1724.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Villa_Da_Porto_Barbaran_%28Montorso_Vicentino%29.JPG/1280px-Villa_Da_Porto_Barbaran_%28Montorso_Vicentino%29.JPG?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Writers born in the 1480s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1485 to 1529 · aged 43
Written about in
13 languages
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