Busseto
Sign in to saveBusseto (Bussetano: ; Parmigiano: ) is a comune in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy with about inhabitants. Its history is quite well documented back to the 10th century, and for almost five hundred years it was the capital of Stato Pallavicino, which eventually became part of the Duchy of Parma. The town is about south of Cremona in Lombardy.
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Busseto is a small town in the province of Parma in northern Italy with a history reaching back to at least the 10th century. It matters historically because it served as the capital of Stato Pallavicino for nearly five hundred years before that territory became part of the Duchy of Parma.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Busseto
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Busseto
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Veduta di Rocca Pallavicino da Piazza Giuseppe Verdi - Busseto.JPG
- Italian comune.image_caption
- The Rocca Pallavicino in Busseto
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Busseto-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.map_caption
- Map showing Busseto narrowly in the north-west quarter of Italy, another showing in far north west part of Emilia Romagna
- Italian comune.region
- Emilia-Romagna
- Italian comune.province
- Parma (PR)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Contrada della Chiesa, Frescarolo, Madonna Prati, Le Roncole, Samboseto, San Rocco, Sant'Andrea, Semoriva, Spigarolo
- Italian comune.mayor
- Maria Giovanna Gambazza
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Municipal palace and galleried theatre
- Notable residents
- Main sites associated with Giuseppe Verdi
- Le Roncole
- Casa Barezzi
- Busseto churches where Verdi played the organ
- Palazzo Orlandi
- Teatro Giuseppe Verdi
- National Giuseppe Verdi Museum
- Villa Verdi
- Transportation
- Sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Busseto (Bussetano: ; Parmigiano: ) is a comune in the province of Parma, in Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy with about inhabitants. Its history is quite well documented back to the 10th century, and for almost five hundred years it was the capital of Stato Pallavicino, which eventually became part of the Duchy of Parma. The town is about south of Cremona in Lombardy.
==Etymology== The first written sources give the name as "Buxetum" in the early twelfth century. As such it appears the town's name is cognate with: buxus as in common box, buxus sempervirens, cognate with places such as Bushey; or busetum – a shott, fold or pen (fenced clearing) for oxen, cognate with places such as Oxpens.