ITALIAN ART: some curiosities

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was set in Verona as many other play of the Engllish writer.
Florence is home to Italian art.
The Italian language evolved from the Latin of the Roman Empire.
The famous children's story, Pinocchio , was written by an Italian.
Today's modern Italian language originated in Tuscany.
Jacopo da Lentini is the father of the sonnet.