Pesaro Things to Do

Leaving the Piazza del Popolo, along Via Rossini you'll find on your right the modest house where Italy's great opera composer Gioachino Rossini was born in 1792; it is now a small shrine to the composer. You can visit the house (is a small museum) from tuesday to sunday:

tuesday-wednesday 9.30-12.30
thurday-sunday 9.30-12.30, 16-19

The museum is closed on monday
The ticket costs 4 EUROS

The imperious post office buildingis a Renaissance palace, recently restored, was built in the middle of the 15thC by the ruling Sforza family. It now houses local government offices and an exhibition space open to the public.

Piazza Toschi Mosca and its Palace Toschi Mosca hosts the Civic Museums of Pesaro. In the Civic Museums you can browse through one of Italy's finest collections of Renaissance and Baroque pottery, much of it striking for its spontaneous, almost modern, use of colour and design.

Palazzo Ducale, built in a renaissance style, today hosts the prefecture. Erected by Alessandro Sforza during the XV centuries, the Palace (that you can visit only from exterior) appears itself with its portico on Piazza del Popolo, that constitues the center of the town.

Piazza del Popolo is the most important square of Pesaro, also known as "Piazza Grande". Situated in the heart of the town, close to Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo delle Poste and Palazzo Baviera. Today citizens use to meet each other there especially during the afternoon.

In the "Piazza del Popolo", opposite the Palazzo Ducale there is the Baviera Palace. This building was originally called "The Palaces of the Pages": it was destined by Della Rovere as accommodation for the Court followers. 

This square is located between the seashore and the old town, making it a popular place for people to meet and chill out. Nearby cafés and ice cream parlours will provide you with food and drinks, if necessary. The square is dominated by Arnaldo Pomodoro’s sculpture “sfeare grande”, which is the landmark of Pesaro. The artist’s family name gave the sculpture a popular nickname which is “palla del pomodoro” (tomato ball). First placed at the Montreal world exposition in 1967, it found its way back to Italy in 1988, replacing a copy.

This is the cathedral Basilica, built in the 5th centurry on the sites of a roman sacntuary. At least, I hope that it is the basilica as I can’t remember 100% for sure… The building is of romanic style, but the large entrance door and the small neighbouring arches are obviously gothic. This church is one of the largest in Pesaaro’s old town and surely a very impressive one.