PESARO, OUR TOWN (Italy)

Istituto Comprensivo L. Pirandello- Pesaro
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Read about Gioacchino Rossini and listen to the music

Geographical localization

Pesaro, a town with ninety thousand inhabitants, lies along the Adriatic coast and is situated at the mouth of the Foglia River. It is surrounded by hills.

Gioacchino Rossini

Pesaro is Rossini's birth- place; here the Maestro was born on 29th February 1792.
His house, today, is a museum.

Click on each title to listen to the music by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini...

Rossini - Barber Of Seville Mvt2 ( midi file - 30 KB)

William Tell Overture (midi file - 29 KB) (Thanks to Pochie-Marco Turci)

Click on the title to download the music by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini...

Barber Of Seville Mvt2.zip (zip file to download - 8KB)

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Pesaro: The Historical Centre

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Piazza del Popolo

The ancient centre of Pesaro was the square surrounded by walls with the four entrance gates in correspondence with the main internal roads: the "Cardus" (the actual Via Branca with Via Rossini) and the "Decumanus" (the actual Corso 11 Settembre with Via S. Francesco).
Piazza del Popolo was originally meeting point of the ancient Pisaurum

Rossini's House

This is the house where Rossini was born. The Rossini family lived in two rooms on the first floor.
Now it's home of a small museum where you can see objects and some memories of the famous music composer.

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The Cathedral

Near Rossini' s house there is the Duomo. This Cathedral has a nobly simple Romanesque facade and Gothic portals, while internally there are famous mosaics.

The Ducal Palace

The Palazzo Ducale-Ducal Palace-faces Piazza del Popolo and this now houses the Prefecture. This monumental building was, first, the residence of Malatesta and then the Sforza family, both lords of Pesaro and subsequently it became one of the residences of the Dukes of Urbino.

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The Baviera Palace

In the "Piazza del Popolo", opposite the Ducal Palace there is the Baviera Palace. This building was originally called "The Palaces of the Pages": it was destined by Della Rovere as accommodation for the Court followers.

The Rocca Costanza Fortress

The Fortress - Rocca Costanza - takes its name from Costanzo Sforza who had it built during the latter part of the 1400's.

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The "G. Rossini" Conservatory

The G. Rossini Conservatory was founded using a legacy of the great musician to open a " school for music ".
On the first floor you reach the Pedrotti Auditorium where there are many musical performances .

The "Rossini" Theatre

The Rossini theatre was built on the site of the old stables of the "Della Rovere" family. The original building was demolished because it was unstable and rebuilt. Now it's the cultural and musical centre of the town.

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The "Oliveriano" Museum

The "Oliveriano Museum" contains a rich collection of vases, bronzes, medals and coins and precious remains coming from the Necropolis in Novilara, not far from Pesaro and dating to the Iron Age.

The Town Museum

Not far from the Duomo there are the Musei Civici (Town Museum). In these Museum we can find some of the best Renaissance ceramics and the finding of the nearly Necropolis of Novilara.

     Big majolica representing "Medusa" by Ferruccio Mengaroni.

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The Big Globe by A.Pomodoro

On the "Piazzale della libertŕ", with its gardens, there is an enormous globe with its characteristic mechanism, work of the famous sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro.
Now it's one of the symbols of Pesaro and meeting place for the people..

Villa Imperiale

On the S.Bartolo hill, is the "Villa Imperiale",the monumental country residence of the Sforza and Della Rovere families.
It took it's name "Imperial" from Emperor Federico d'Asburgo who laid the foundations.

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