Parma and the Province

GIUSEPPE VERDI'S HOMELAND

statua VerdiGiuseppe Verdi(1813/1901) one of the most important musician of melodramma, was born and composed some of his most famous operas in a village, near Parma , in Roncole di Busseto where still tourists can visit his native house, St Michael Church, where he was baptized. The tour goes on to Busseto, to Casa Barezzi, now a museum, where he started his studies and the Theatre dedicated to Verdi, a jewel for only 200 spectators. Villa S.Agata still full of his presence, is the place where the Maestro spent the last years of his life.