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Pesaro
Comune
Città di Pesaro
Piazza del Popolo
Piazza del Popolo
Location of Pesaro
Map
CountryItaly
RegionMarche
ProvincePesaro e Urbino (PU)
FrazioniSanta Veneranda
Government
 • MayorLuca Ceriscioli
Area
[1]
 • Total126 km2 (49 sq mi)
Elevation
11 m (36 ft)
Population
 (21 October 2011)[2]
 • Total95,011
 • Density750/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
DemonymPesaresi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
61100
Dialing code0721
Patron saintSt. Terence
Saint daySeptember 24
WebsiteOfficial website

Pesaro (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpeːzaro] ⓘ) is a town and comune in the Italian region of the Marche, capital of the Pesaro e Urbino province, on the Adriatic. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, after Ancona.

Fishery, furniture industry and tourism are the main strengths of the local economy.

History

The city was founded as Pisaurum[3] by the Romans in 184 BC as colony in the territory of the Picentes, the people who lived on the northeast coast during the Iron Age. However, in 1737, 13 ancient votive stones were unearthed in a local farm field, each bearing the inscription of a Roman god; these were written in a pre-Estrucan script, indicating a much earlier occupation of the area[4] 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. Within it the Gauls at least were still distinct, as the Romans separated them out and expelled them from the country.

Under the Roman administration Pesaro, a hub across the Via Flaminia, became an important center 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 Malatesta (1285–1445), Sforza (1445–1512) and Della Rovere (1513–1631). Under the latter 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.[5]

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).

Main sights

Civic Sites

Religious Sites

Culture

Notable Pesaresi

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy

Twin towns – sister cities

Pesaro is twinned with:

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pesaro.

References

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ etymology - pi (π), plural, and aurum, reflecting gold http://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/pesaro-history.php
  4. ^ History of Pesarohttp://www.italythisway.com/places/articles/pesaro-history.php
  5. ^ A Renaissance Wedding: The Celebrations at Pesaro for the Marriage of Costanzo Sforza & Camilla Marzano D'Aragona (26–30 May 1475): (Studies in Medieval and Early Renaissance Art History). Harvey Miller Publ., 2013, ISBN 978-1905375936
  6. ^ Andrew Hopkins, 2002. Italian Architecture from Michelangelo to Borromini, p.23f.
  7. ^ Hopkins 2002 p 24.
  8. ^ Oliveriani Museum http://www.euromuse.net/en/museums/museum/view-m/museo-archeologico-oliveriano
  9. ^ "Pesaro film festival site".
  10. ^ "Medmestno in mednarodno sodelovanje". Mestna občina Ljubljana (Ljubljana City) (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2013-07-27.
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