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 | Abruzzo Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia Romagna Friuli Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardia Le Marche Pesaro E Urbino Fano Gabicce Mare Montelabbate Pergola Pesaro Urbino Molise Piemonte Puglia Sardinia Sicily Tuscany Trentino Alto Adige Umbria Valle D Aosta Veneto | | PesaroItaly > Le Marche > Pesaro E Urbino > PesaroPesaro (in Antiquity, Pisaurum) is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, 43°55N 12°55E; on the Adriatic, at sea-level. According to the 2003 census, its population was 91,400. Fishing, furniture industry and tourism are main points in local economy. Opera composer Gioacchino Rossini was born in Pesaro in 1792. Pesaro is home of the Rossini Opera Festival, that takes place every summer since 1980. The city is also known as the home of one of the top basketball clubs in Europe, Victoria Libertas (aka Scavolini Pesaro). Pages referring to PesaroHere are links to a selection of pages that mention Pesaro within this website: Fano, Le Marche, Urbino Content Referred to by This ArticleFind out more about the information contained in this article by clicking one of the links listed below. Le Marche, Pesaro And Urbino Snippets of Articles Relating to PesaroItaly > Le Marche > Pesaro E Urbino > Urbino Urbino is a city in the Marche in Italy, southwest of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site with a great cultural history during the Renaissance as the seat of Federico da Montefeltro. It has retained some of its picturesque medieval aspect on steep sloping ground, though tourists' carparks occupy the former fields below. Urbino is home to the University of Urbino, founded in 1564, and is the seat of the Archbishop of Urbino (see below). Its great urbanistic feature is the Palazzo Ducale, rebuilt by Luciano Laurana, an architect from Dalmatia. Italy > Le Marche > Pesaro E Urbino > Fano Fano (pop. 57,374) is a town of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort 12km southeast of Pesaro, located where the Via Flaminia reaches the Adriatic Sea. Italy > Le Marche In a traditional mezzadria system, under which products are equally divided between the owners and the cultivators of the land, the rather unproductive soil and difficult terrain was fairly highly cultivated. The port of Ancona was the only really good harbour, the other small harbours were used by fishing fleets: Le Marche furnished a large contingent of sailors to the Italian navy. | |
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