Historically, the entire area was home to a great number of monasteries and abbeys in the Middle Ages, institutions that had choirs and were active in the musical lives of the inhabitants.
Flanked by neo-classical columns, it is an outdoor venue for music, or almost anything else, having been built in the 1820s as a sports field.
The town of Civitanova Marche has the S. Giacomo Auditorium, which hosts an annual festival of contemporary music.
The town of Pesaro is the birthplace of Rossini, one of the giants of Italian music.
His birthplace is marked, as well, and the Rossini Foundation sponsors an annual festival dedicated to his music.