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  • proper noun An Adriatic seaport in the Marche, Italy

Etymologies

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From Italian Pesaro.

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Examples

  • Federico, who was stationed in Pesaro, returned immediately to Urbino but was not permitted to enter the city to claim leadership until he had signed a constitutional agreement with the citizens.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • In one stroke, this marriage strengthened Federico's alliance with the Sforza in Pesaro and Milan, and gave Urbino direct access to the sea, cutting the lands of the Malatesta in half.

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Alberto and Letizia come from the coastal town of Pesaro and there is definitely a breezy, summery shade in their jangly, noisy pop.

    January's best new music from across the MAP 2011

  • Still in São Paulo, an article by sociologist and Municipal Assembly member Floriano Pesaro, posted on the Coisas de São Paulo blog [pt], discusses the case of street children forced to work by their parents.

    Global Voices in English » Brazil: Fighting contemporary slavery 2009

  • Pesaro Music "Rossini Opera Festival 2011" celebrates the music of Gioachino Rossini with performances including "The Barber of Seville," "Mosè in Egitto," "Adelaide of Burgundy" and others.

    What's on Around Europe 2011

  • How different is it to view Titian's magnificent "Madonna di Ca' Pesaro" in Venice's grand Frari the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari for which it was commissioned, compared with seeing the painter's even more dramatic "Crowning With Thorns" in the Louvre instead of, as it once was, in Milan's Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie?

    Sometimes Two Is Better Than One Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

  • How different is it to view Titian's magnificent "Madonna di Ca' Pesaro" in Venice's grand Frari the Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari for which it was commissioned, compared with seeing the painter's even more dramatic "Crowning With Thorns" in the Louvre instead of, as it once was, in Milan's Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie?

    Sometimes Two Is Better Than One Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

  • A key catalyst in Bronzino's evolution was his trip in 1530 to Pesaro, on the eastern coast of Italy, where he worked on frescoes at the Duke of Urbino's Villa Imperiale.

    Bronzino's Medici portraits – review James Hall 2010

  • Pesaro Rossini Opera Festival Aug. 10-23; www.rossinioperafestival.it

    Eat, Drink and Be Entertained Paul Levy 2011

  • Born from Pergola grapes (Pergola is in the Province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy),

    Why do American elementary schools equate wine and pot? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

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