Pesaro (ita)

Pesaro

Pesaro ranks 819th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Piraeus, Ulsan, and Windsor, Ontario. Memorable people born in Pesaro include Gioachino Rossini, Renata Tebaldi, and Lucius Accius. Memorable people who died in Pesaro include Pope Clement II, Giovanni Sforza, and Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. Pesaro has been the birth place of many politicians, and racing drivers and the death place of many religious figures, and politicians. Pesaro is located in Italy.

Pesaro is a comune (municipality) in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the province of Pesaro and Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche, after Ancona. Pesaro was dubbed the "Cycling City" by the Italian environmentalist association Legambiente in recognition of its extensive network of bicycle paths and promotion of cycling. It is also known as "City of Music", for it is the birthplace of the composer Gioachino Rossini. In 2015 the Italian Government applied for Pesaro to be declared a "Creative City" in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. In 2017 Pesaro received the European City of Sport award together with Aosta, Cagliari and Vicenza. Read more on Wikipedia