Giuseppe Verdi’s house in Italy up for sale, ending quarrel among heirs

Composer lived in Villa Verdi near Busseto for 50 years and it has been run as a museum while owners argued

A country house lived in by Giuseppe Verdi for 50 years is being put up for sale, ending a long-running squabble among the Italian composer's heirs.

Verdi, famous for compositions including La Traviata, Aida and Otello, built Villa Verdi on land he owned in Sant'Agata di Villanova, a hamlet near his home town of Busseto in the Emilia-Romagna region, in 1848. It was initially inhabited by his parents before Verdi moved in with his second wife, Giuseppina Strepponi, in 1951, remaining there until his death in 1901.