<P> Laurence Olivier's involvement in the production was by happenstance . He was in Rome to film The Shoes of the Fisherman and visited the studio where Romeo and Juliet was being shot . He asked Zeffirelli if there was anything he could do, and was given the Prologue to read, then ended up dubbing the voice of Lord Montague as well as other assorted roles . </P> <P> Set in a 14th - century Renaissance Italy in varying locations: </P> <Ul> <Li> The balcony scene: At the Palazzo Borghese, built by Cardinal Scipione Borghese in the 16th century, in Artena, 40 km southeast of Rome . </Li> <Li> The interior church scenes: At a Romanesque church named St. Pietro Somaldi in, Lucca, Tuscania, 90 km northwest of Rome . </Li> <Li> The tomb scene: Also in Tuscania . </Li> <Li> The palace of the Capulets' scenes: At Palazzo Piccolomini, built between 1459--62 by Pope Pius II, in the city of Pienza, in Siena province . </Li> <Li> The dueling scenes with swords were set in the old Umbrian town of Gubbio . </Li> <Li> The film also has some scenes filmed in Montagnana . </Li> <Li> The street scenes: Also in Pienza, and on Cinecitta Studios back lot, Rome . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The balcony scene: At the Palazzo Borghese, built by Cardinal Scipione Borghese in the 16th century, in Artena, 40 km southeast of Rome . </Li>

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