Villanova sull'Arda (, or ) is a ''

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'' (municipality) in the

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in the

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region

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, located about northwest of

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and about east of

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. The commune borders on the municipalities of

Besenzone Besenzone ( ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about southeast of Piacenza. Besenzone borders the following municipalities: Alseno, Bus ...

Busseto 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 ...

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Cortemaggiore Cortemaggiore (Emilian language#Dialects, Piacentino: ) is an Italian ''comune'' (municipality) located in the Province of Piacenza. Cortemaggiore is located in northern Italy about from Milan and from Bologna, in the Po Valley. The municipality ...

Monticelli d'Ongina Monticelli d'Onina ( ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy, Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about east of Piacenza. Monticelli d'Onina borders the following municipalitie ...

, Polesine Zibello,

San Pietro in Cerro San Pietro in Cerro ( Piacentino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about east of Piacenza. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 962 ...

, Stagno Lombardo.

Main sights

* The Giarola River Park Island is located in the local part of the flood plain of the River Po. It is an example of environmental restoration after the intense mining of sand.

People

Sant'Agata was the home for over 50 years of the

opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically ...

composer

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi ( ; ; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi, his operas. He was born near Busseto, a small town in the province of Parma ...

who was born in the village of

Le Roncole Le Roncole (today known as Roncole Verdi) is a village in the province of Parma (Emilia-Romagna region) of Italy, a ''frazione'' of the ''comune'' of Busseto. It is located 140 km southeast of Milan. It is best known as the birthplace on ...

in 1813, who lived in the nearby town of

, and who bought the land and built the

Villa Verdi Villa Verdi is the estate house that composer Giuseppe Verdi ordered built in 1848 on farmland he had owned for four years and where he lived from that year until the end of his life. It is in the village of Sant'Agata (Villanova sull'Arda), Sant' ...

in 1848See Villa Verdi website

Culture

Festivals in the town include the "Cherry Festival", held in the second week of June, and the "Festival of the Frog and Catfish", which takes place on the last Sunday of May in the village of Soarza.

Sport

Villanova is home to a basketball team (Villanova Basketball Pro), participating in the First Division of FIP.

Transportation

Villanova sull'Arda has a railway station on the Cremona–Fidenza line. Direct connections are available from Cremona, while some trains run directly from Parma to both Busseto and Villanova sull'Arda without changing.

References

External links

Villa Verdi official website
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