A pretty seaside resort with a charming historical center, it was founded in 184 BC. The city offers beautiful architectural monuments – a 15th century palace, a Romanesque cathedral, a Baroque temple and others. This is the birthplace of the composer Gioachino Rossini (1792), and there is a museum with manuscripts, portraits and other attractions. An opera festival is held here every year in honor of the famous singer. There is a promenade along the sea with modern hotels, the main advantage is the location right next to the beach. The city is suitable for people who like fun places and the charm of sun, sea and wonderful nature.
Monte San Bartolo
Monte San Bartolo Park marks the beginning of the coastal hill system in the Center of Italy which immediately follows the famous tourist beaches of the North Adriatic Sea.
It faces the Adriatic Sea with a spectacular cliff and it reaches its maximum altitudes on the hills of San Bartolo, Castellaro, and in the villages of Casteldimezzo and Fiorenzuola di Focara.
Monte San Bartolo is a mountain forms part of the Parco naturale regionale del Monte San Bartolo, a regional park of Italy. The mountain forms the beginning of the coastal hill system in the centre of Italy. This system follows the beaches of the north Adriatic Sea.
Baia di Vallugola
Baia Flaminia
Baia Flaminia
Ruggeri House
The Villino Ruggeri is one of the most extraordinary examples of Art Nouveau architecture in Italy, built between 1902 and 1907 by Oreste Ruggeri, a dynamic pharmaceutical and ceramic industrialist. Born in Urbino, he moved to Pesaro after the great success of his products, especially the ‘glomeruli’ against anemia, presented with an innovative advertising campaign.
Cathedral Pesaro
Pesaro Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Pesaro, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is the seat of the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Pesaro.
Pesaro Gradara Castle
Gradara Castle and its fortified village represent one of the best preserved medieval structures in Italy. Furthermore, the two walls that protect the fortress, the outermost of which extends for almost 800 metres, also make it one of the most impressive on the peninsula. The Castle stands on a hill 142 meters above sea level. The keep, the main tower, rises 30 meters, dominating the entire valley.
Rossini Theatre
Teatro Rossini is the name of the opera house in Pesaro, Italy, which serves as the venue for the Rossini Opera Festival. Built as the Teatro Nuovo, it was inaugurated on June 10, 1818, with a performance of Gioacchino Rossini’s La gazza ladra conducted by the composer in the city of his birth. The auditorium, designed in a classic horseshoe shape with four levels of boxes and a gallery, seats 860 people.
Ducal Palace
The Palazzo Ducale di Pesaro or Ducal Palace of Pesaro is a Renaissance-style palace in the city center of Pesaro.The initial structure at the site upon which this palace was built was likely commissioned by the Malatesta, sometime between 1285 and 1429. The present palace was commissioned in the 15th century by Alessandro Sforza, and held by the Della Rovere family till 1631.
