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| Comune di Busseto |
Municipal coat of arms |
| Country |
 Italy |
| Region |
Emilia-Romagna |
| Province |
Parma (PR) |
| Mayor |
Luca Laurini |
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| Area |
76 km² (29 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 31, 2004) |
| - Total |
6,890 |
| - Density |
91/km² (236/sq mi) |
| Time zone |
CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates |
44°59′N, 10°03′E |
| Gentilic |
Bussetani |
| Dialing code |
0524 |
| Postal code |
43011 |
| Frazioni |
Contrada della Chiesa, Frescarolo, Madonna Prati, Le Roncole, Samboseto, San Rocco, Sant'Andrea, Semoriva, Spigarolo |
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| Website: www.comune.busseto.pr.it |
Busseto is a commune in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy. It became home of the opera composer Giuseppe Verdi when he moved there in 1824.
[edit] Main sites
In the town and the local area many sites associated with the life of Verdi can be visited. These include:
- Le Roncole, Verdi's birthplace.
- Casa Barezzi, home of the man who supported his early endeavours and where he gave his first public appearance in 1830.
- Churches of Santa Maria degli Angeli and San Michele Arcangelo, where Verdi played the organ. Both are nearby.
- Palazzo Orlandi, which Verdi bought in 1845. He lived there with Giuseppina Strepponi, not yet his wife, from 1849 to 1851. Verdi composed Luisa Miller, Stiffelio and Rigoletto while living there.
- Teatro Giuseppe Verdi, a small 300-seat theatre built by the municipality with Verdi's support, but not with his approval.
- In the nearby village of Sant'Agata, in the province of Villanova sull'Arda, is the Villa Verdi, the house which he commissioned in 1848 while living in Busseto and where his parents lived until 1851, after which it became Verdi's home for the rest of his life. However, he lived there less frequently after the death of his wife, Giuseppina, in 1897.
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[edit] References
- Associazione Amici di Verdi (ed.), Con Verdi nella sua terra, Busseto, 1997, (in English)
- Associazione Amici di Verdi, Con Verdi in Casa Barezzi, Busseto, date unknown, (In English, French, and German)
- Mordacci, Alessandra, An Itinerary of the History and Art in the Places of Verdi, Busseto: Busseto Tourist Office, 2001 (in English)
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