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Pesaro - whose name derives from Pisaurum, the ancient name of the current river Foglia (it means leaf) - has a historical centre, rich of monuments and historic buildings, well-preserved and worthy of attention through interesting tourist itineraries, evocative and fascinating between art, culture and tradition. To Gioacchino Rossini, great composer in Pesaro, born on 29 February 1792, are devoted the Rossini theatre (in antiquity called “Teatro del Sole” – Sun theatre) and the conservatory G. Rossini, inaugurated in 1882 for legacy of the musician, which is a popular musical state school in Italia and that during the years, was directed by famous musician masters and composers like Pietro Mascagni, his student Riccardo Zandonai and Franco Alfano. In the birthplace of Rossini, situated in the homonymous street, are preserved the memories that retrace the life of the gifted musician in Pesaro. In “Piazza del Popolo”, main square dominated by a big fountain of the 17th century with horses and marine tritons, is situated the elegant “Palazzo Ducale” (XV-XVI century), seat of the Prefecture, enriched with a portico with six arches adjacent to the facade and courtyard of honour. Residence of the Sforza family before and Della Rovere family then, inside deserve particular attention the Metaurense salon, a coffered ceiling structure, the salon of Alabardieri and the loggia of Genga, example of extraordinary architecture and beautifully decorated with frescoes of refined artistic taste, in addition to adjacent secret garden, reserved and hidden. To the same time dates back the construction of not far away “Rocca Costanza”, begun in 1474 for defence of the city. Pesaro is also known for the ancient majolica pottery tradition that evolved in the' 500. Within the Civic Museum – inside the Palazzo Toschi Mosca - there is the Ceramics Museum that welcomes visitors with the huge and suggestive Medusa of Ferruccio Mengaroni, which includes a collection of more than 300 copies, rare invoice and artistic beauty of collection Mazza, with majolica of centuries XIV-XVI carried out in the shops of Pesaro and Urbino, Casteldurante (today called Urbania). All within the same museum a section is reserved to the Pinacoteca that hosts, between the many paintings, the famous Coronation of Maria of Giovanni Bellini, called “Pala di Pesaro” (sec. (xv). In the Oliveriano Museum, also the location of the Olivieri foundation and of the homonymous Library, are instead collected and show
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