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Why visit Casa di Riposo per Musicisti
The Casa di Riposo per Musicisti (literally 'rest home for musicians'), also known as Casa Verdi, is a home for retired opera singers and musicians in Milan, northern Italy, founded by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (whose statue is in the piazza outside the building) in 1896. The building was designed in the neo-
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The Casa di Riposo per Musicisti (literally 'rest home for musicians'), also known as Casa Verdi, is a home for retired opera singers and musicians in Milan, northern Italy, founded by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (whose statue is in the piazza outside the building) in 1896. The building was designed in the neo-Gothic style by Italian architect, Camillo Boito. Both Verdi and his wife, Giuseppina Strepponi are buried there. A documentary film about life in the Casa di Riposo, Il Bacio di Tosca (Tosca's Kiss in the US), was made in 1984 by the Swiss director Daniel Schmid.
“The Casa di Riposo per Musicisti (literally 'rest home for musicians'), also known as Casa Verdi, is a home for retired opera singers and musicians in Milan, northern Italy, founded by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (whose statue is in the piazza outside the building) in 1896. The building was designed in the neo-”
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