Architecture inspired by Verdi’s opera at Fidenza Village

The architecture of Fidenza Village is dedicated to the enduring operas of the composer Giuseppe Verdi, who was born in 1813 in the nearby town of Roncole di Busseto, Parma.

This area of the Village is inspired by the opera Aida, one of Giuseppe Verdi’s most famous and dramatic works. The buildings are designed to reflect the opera’s setting in ancient Egypt, with mighty columns, sculpted capitals and geometric decorations.

The imposing tower is a reinterpretation of the ancient lighthouse of Alexandria that guided ships travelling across the Mediterranean Sea.

This area of the Village recalls two of Giuseppe Verdi’s works: Don Carlo, set between fifteenth century Spain and France, and Il Trovatore, set in fourteenth century Spain, in the city of Zaragoza.

The façades found in this area feature characteristics of medieval architecture, with defensive crenelated profiles, robust pointed arches and narrow windows nestled between

his area of the Village is inspired by William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello, written in 1603. Set in the fifteenth century in Cyprus, at the crossroads between Europe and the East, the play unfolds in a castle and its secret rooms, where we witness the drama between the proud leader Othello and his beloved Desdemona.

These facades have been designed with a skilful combination of Mediterranean and Arabic elements, with precious coloured majolica tiles decorating the surfaces of the Moorish double portico.

This area of the Village is inspired by the thrilling opera I Masnadieri, based on the play Die Räuber originally written by Friedrich Schiller in 1781, and set in Germany between a Franconian castle and the Bohemian Forest.

The facade of this building is inspired by the architecture of German fortresses, with defensive towers, narrow windows and domed roofs.

This area of the Village is inspired by Giuseppe Verdi’s Falstaff and William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, namely the court of Henry IV in Windsor, England, in the early fifteenth century, and the Scotland of Macbeth, an intense tragedy set in the twelfth century.

Below the building’s roof are frescoes of typical rural life, which are reminiscent of English and Scottish country houses.

The architecture of this building recalls that of Lorenzo Berzieri’s famous thermal baths in Salsomaggiore Terme, a town located in the foothills of the Parma Apennines, renowned for its thermal waters and celebrated by ancient Romans.

The façade recalls the imposing entrance of the spa building. Built in the Liberty style in 1923 by the Florentine architect, painter and sculptor Galileo Chini, the spa became a destination for elegant, refined tourism during the belle époque.

The façade’s detailed pilasters and capitals echo the oriental inspiration behind the famous spa.