Busseto

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Busseto
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Busseto (Italy)
Busseto
Country Italy
region Emilia-Romagna
province Parma  (PR)
Local name Büsé
Coordinates 44 ° 59 '  N , 10 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 59 '0 "  N , 10 ° 3' 0"  E
height 40  m slm
surface 76 km²
Residents 6,875 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 90 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 43011
prefix 0524
ISTAT number 034007
Popular name Bussetaner (Bussetani)
Website Busseto

Busseto is a municipality in the province of Parma in Emilia-Romagna with 6875 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019). Busseto is known as the birthplace and home of Giuseppe Verdi , who was born in the village of Le Roncole (today incorporated into Busseto under the name Roncole Verdi ). Busseto also received great national attention in 1976 when part of the shooting for Bernardo Bertolucci's feature film 1900 ( Novecento ) took place here.

geography

In addition to the main town Busseto, the municipality includes nine, all of them rural districts (Contrada della Chiesa, Frescarolo, Madonna Prati, Roncole Verdi , Samboseto, San Rocco, Sant'Andrea, Semoriva and Spigarolo). The entire municipality is located in the completely flat, intensively agricultural Bassa Parmense , the part of the Po Valley belonging to the province of Parma . To the west, the municipality of Busseto borders on the Ongina River, which is also the border with the neighboring province of Piacenza .

Attractions

In the city and in the surrounding area there are a number of sites that are connected to the life of Giuseppe Verdi and - known as "luoghi verdiani" - can also be visited. These include:

Verdi monument
Portici

Roncole Verdi , the birthplace of Verdi with the preserved birth house, which is accessible as a museum. The writer and journalist Giovannino Guareschi , famous as the author of the stories of Don Camillo and Peppone, also lived in Roncole Verdi from 1952 to 1968 .

San Michele Arcangelo , the village church in Roncole Verdi , where the young Verdi learned to play the organ .

Casa Barezzi , the home of the man who promoted his early endeavors and where Verdi made his first public appearance in 1830.

Santa Maria degli Angeli , a Franciscan monastery with a Gothic church that Verdi frequently visited. In 1836 the young master gave a sensational organ concert here.

In the Palazzo Orlandi , which he had bought in 1845, lived with Verdi Giuseppina from 1849 to 1851. Verdi composed here Luisa Miller , Stiffelio and Rigoletto .

The Villa Verdi in Sant'Agata , a neighboring village, the municipality of Villanova sull'Arda heard is was the house that Verdi 1848 in order, when he lived in Busseto. His parents lived there until 1851 when it became Verdi's home for the rest of his life. After the death of his wife Giuseppina in 1897, he stayed there less often.

The Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Busseto is a small theater with 300 seats, built by the municipality with the support of Verdi, but not with his consent. The theater is housed within the Rocca Pallavicino .

In addition to its main attractions, the luoghi verdiani , Busseto has several other cultural and architectural monuments that are worth seeing. The small old town with its main street via Roma with its arcades is a typical Renaissance town center for the area and one of the best preserved in Bassa Parmense .

The Rocca Pallavicino , a castle that used to be completely surrounded by moats, which has belonged to the Pallavicini family since the Middle Ages . The Rocca has been destroyed, restored and rebuilt several times in its history; It received its current form through a comprehensive reconstruction in the neo-Gothic style in 1857. The main tower of the medieval castle is still preserved. The Rocca now houses the Teatro Verdi and the town hall of Busseto.

The Villa Pallavicino is a Renaissance building, also built by the Pallavicino , which was laid out in a spacious park outside the city walls of Busseto. The villa is considered one of the most magnificent Renaissance castles in the region and is now home to the Museo Nazionale Giuseppe Verdi . The inner courtyard serves as a theater for special occasions.

The town's churches also include San Bartolomeo and the neighboring Oratorio della Santissima Trinità, in which the Blessed Roland of Salsomaggiore is buried and in which Giuseppe Verdi married Margherita Barezzi in 1836.

Personalities

  • Tarquinio Merula (1595–1665), composer, born in Busseto
  • Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901), composer, born in the district of Le Roncole
  • Carlo Caffarra (1938–2017), Cardinal and Archbishop of Bologna, born in Busseto
  • Carlo Bergonzi (1924–2014), opera tenor, born in Vidalenzo (a town near Busseto)

Town twinning

There is a city ​​partnership with Carry-le-Rouet in France and a city friendship with Salzburg in Austria since 1988.

literature

  • Associazione Amici di Verdi (ed.): Con Verdi nella sua terra. Busseto, 1997

Web links

Commons : Busseto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.