Pesaro, Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Marche Region, Italy

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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Pesaro is a city and comune in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. It is the second most populous city in the Marche, after Ancona. Pesaro was dubbed the "Cycling City" by the Italian environmentalist association Legambiente in recognition of its extensive network of bicycle paths and promotion of cycling. It is also known as "City of Music" for it is the birthplace of the composer Gioacchino Rossini. In 2015 the Italian Government applied for Pesaro to be declared a "Creative City" in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. In 2017 Pesaro received the European City of Sport award together with Aosta, Cagliari and Vicenza.

Local industries include fishing, furniture making and tourism. In 2020 it absorbed the former comune of Monteciccardo, now a frazione of Pesaro. Its frazione of Fiorenzuola di Focara is a member of the I Borghi piรน belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy") association.

History The city was established as Pisaurum by the Romans in 184 BC as a colony in the territory of the Picentes, the people who lived along the north-east coast during the Iron Age. In 1737, fourteen ancient votive stones were unearthed in a local farm field, each bearing the inscription of a Roman god; these were written in a pre-Etruscan script, indicating a much earlier occupation of the area than the 184 BC Picentes colony.

A settlement of the Picentes tribe has been found at Novilara. The northern Picentes were invaded in the 4th century BC by the Gallic Senones, earlier by the Etruscans, and when the Romans reached the area the population was an ethnic mixture. The Roman separated and expelled the Gauls from the country.

Under the Roman administration Pesaro, a hub across the Via Flaminia, became an important centre of trading and craftmanship. After the fall of the Western Empire, Pesaro was occupied by the Ostrogoths, and destroyed by Vitigis (539) in the course of the Gothic War. Hastily rebuilt five years later after the Byzantine reconquest, it formed the so-called Pentapolis, part of the Exarchate of Ravenna. After the Lombard and Frankish conquests of that city, Pesaro became part of the Papal States.

During the Renaissance it was ruled successively by the houses of Montefeltro (1285โ€“1445), Sforza (1445โ€“1512) and Della Rovere (1513โ€“1631). Under the last family, who selected it as capital of their duchy, Pesaro saw its most flourishing age, with the construction of numerous public and private palaces, and the erection of a new line of walls (the Mura Roveresche). In 1475, a legendary wedding took place in Pesaro, when Costanzo Sforza and Camilla d'Aragona married.

On 11 September 1860 Piedmontese troops entered the city, and Pesaro was subsequently annexed to the new Kingdom of Italy (see also Battle of Castelfidardo).

Buildings and museums โ€ข Ducal Palace (15th century): Commissioned by Alessandro Sforza, the faรงade has a portico with six arcades supported by six heavy pilasters and an upper floor with five windows crowned by coats of arms, festoons and puttoes. โ€ข Rocca Costanza (15th century): Massive castle built by Costanzo I Sforza; it has a square plan with four cylindrical corner towers and a wide dry moat. Later used as prison. โ€ข Villa Imperiale of Pesaro (c. 1530): Suburban palace with gardens designed by Girolamo Genga for Duke Francesco Maria Della Rovere and his duchess Eleanora and built from c. 1530 onwards, stands atop the San Bartolo hill. Its sunken court is the direct precedent for the more famous one at the Roman Villa Giulia. Rooms are frescoed by prominent Mannerist painters Bronzino, Francesco Menzocchi, Girolamo Genga, and Raffaellino del Colle. โ€ข Mura Roveresche (17th century): "Della Rovere Walls", demolished in the early 20th century), only two gates, Porta del Ponte and Porta Rimini, and a short section remain. โ€ข Birthplace of Gioachino Rossini: Now a museum dedicated to the composer, located at 34 Via Rossini. It has a museum with manifestos, prints, portraits and his spinet. โ€ข Conservatorio Statale di Musica Gioachino Rossini: Located in the 18th century Palazzo Olivieriโ€“Machirelli on the Piazza Oliveri. โ€ข Musei Civici di Palazzo Mosca: Civic museum which contains mainly paintings and ceramics. Among the art is the Pesaro Altarpiece by Giovanni Bellini. โ€ข Oliveriano Archeologic Museum and Oliveriana Library: Archaeological Collection and Manuscript Library; founded in 1756 by Annibale degli Abati Olivieri. โ€ข Villino Ruggeri: notable early 20th century art nouveau home, designed by Giuseppe Brega.

Churches and other religious buildings โ€ข Pesaro Cathedral (5th-14th centuries) Romanesque-Gothic Basilica built over remains of a late Roman edifice and dedicated to St Terence during the Middle Ages. The faรงade, in Romanesque-Gothic style, is unfinished: it has a simple ogival portal surmounted by a band of small arches. A recent restoration has brought to light floor mosaics. โ€ข The Baroque Sanctuary of Beata Vergine del Carmelo (18th century). โ€ข Church of the Maternitร  โ€ข Santissima Annunziata โ€ข Oratory of the Nome di Dio โ€ข San Giacomo โ€ข San Giovanni Battista โ€ข Sant'Agostino โ€ข Santa Lucia โ€ข Municipal Chapel of Sant'Ubaldo โ€ข Church and Convent of the Girolimini โ€ข Madonna del Porto โ€ข Santa Maria delle Grazie โ€ข Pieve di Ginestreto โ€ข Pieve di Santo Stefano โ€ข Santa Veneranda โ€ข Sacred Grove of Lucus Pisaurensis, pre-Roman era sacerdotal lucus

Cultural events and attractions The Pesaro film festival (Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema) has taken place in Pesaro since 1965.

The Rossini Opera Festival has taken place every summer since 1980 in Pesaro, home as well as the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" founded with a legacy from the composer.

Sport Pesaro hosts the home games of Victoria Libertas basketball; they play at the Adriatic Arena, the third biggest Italian indoor arena behind Mediolanum Forum in Milan and PalaLottomatica in Rome.

The city's other professional sports clubs are futsal club Pesaro Calcio a 5, volleyball club Volley Pesaro and football club Vis Pesaro dal 1898.

The city hosted the 2017 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships.

Pesaro, Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Marche Region, Italy 

Pesaro has a population of over 95,000 people. Pesaro also forms the centre of the wider Pesaro and Urbino Province which has a population of over 360,187 people.

To set up a UBI Lab for Pesaro see: https://www.ubilabnetwork.org Twitter: https://twitter.com/UBILabNetwork

Pesaro is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for Music see: https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities

Twin Towns, Sister Cities Pesaro has links with:

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Delray Beach, USA ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Kakegawa, Japan ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Keita, The Niger ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ljubljana, Slovenia ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Nanterre, France ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ Qinhuangdao, China ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Rafah, Palestine ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด ReลŸiลฃa, Romania ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Rovinj, Croatia ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Watford, England
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