Casa di Riposo per Musicisti Giuseppe Verdi

Designed by Camillo Boito from 1895-1899, the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti Giuseppe Verdi was originally conceived for a pentagonal plot. The acquisition of new building areas led to a modification of the original... More »

Designed by Camillo Boito from 1895-1899, the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti Giuseppe Verdi was originally conceived for a pentagonal plot. The acquisition of new building areas led to a modification of the original design, which, as a result, lost its previously rigorously symmetrical plan. Nevertheless, the building represents one of the most significant creations of the period. In Neo-Gothic style, reflecting Boito's ambition to create a piece of 'national architecture', it consists of various pavilions organized around a central courtyard. The main building, containing offices and utilities, consists of three floors with double-arched windows in stone, and a large three-light window over the portal. Various modifications performed in 1936 partly altered the proportions of the buildings in the interior courtyard. On the same axis as the entrance, there is a crypt containing the tombs of Giuseppe Verdi and Giuseppina Strepponi, with mosaics by L. Pogliani.