{"id":42953,"date":"2020-03-23T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T14:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/italybyevents.com\/?page_id=42953"},"modified":"2025-01-03T14:05:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T13:05:59","slug":"whos-who-in-marche","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/en\/marche\/whos-who-in-marche","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s who in Marche"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Marche have been the birthplace of the great painter <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Raphael\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Raphael<\/strong><\/a> (1483-1520), <strong>Bramante <\/strong>(1444-1514) and of the great poet <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Giacomo_Leopardi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Giacomo Leopardi<\/strong><\/a> (1798-1837) whose <a href=\"http:\/\/italybyevents.com\/en\/events\/marche\/leopardi-house-recanati\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">house is open to visitors &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Several composers that have made Italian music and opera famous worldwide were also born here: <strong>Giovan Battista Draghi<\/strong> also called <strong>Pergolesi<\/strong> (1710-1736) author of La serva padrona (The servant turned Mistress), <strong>Gaspare Spontini <\/strong>(1774a-1851), and <strong>Gioacchino Rossini<\/strong> (1792-1868) author of the famous opera Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville). it is dedicated to Rossini the Sferisterio Opera Festival (in Macerata during July and August ) and the Rossini Opera Festival (in Pesaro in August).<\/p>\n<p>Other popular people from Marche are:<br \/>\n&#8211; educator <strong>Maria<\/strong> <strong>Montessori <\/strong>(1870-1952)<br \/>\n&#8211; opera singers <strong>Renata Tebaldi\u00a0<\/strong>(1922-2004),\u00a0<strong>Franco Corelli\u00a0<\/strong>(1921-2003) e <strong>Beniamino Gigli <\/strong>(1890-1957)<br \/>\n&#8211; Pope <strong>Pius IX <\/strong>(1792-1878)<br \/>\n&#8211; ENI public administrator <strong>Enrico Mattei <\/strong>(1906-1962) and businessman <strong>Diego della Valle<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8211; comics artist <strong>Andrea Pazienza\u00a0<\/strong>(1956-1988),<br \/>\n&#8211; motorcycle racer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valentino_Rossi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valentino Rossi<\/a>, <\/strong>fencer<strong> Valentina Vezzali, <\/strong>football player <strong>Roberto Mancini.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-42953 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Raffaello_Marche.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Raffaello_Marche-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Raphael\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14086\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14086'>\n\t\t\t\tRaphael\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Giacomo_Leopardi_Marche.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Giacomo_Leopardi_Marche-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Giacomo Leopardi\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14084\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14084'>\n\t\t\t\tGiacomo Leopardi\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Valentina_Vezzali_Marche.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Valentina_Vezzali_Marche-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Valentina Vezzali\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14082\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14082'>\n\t\t\t\tValentina Vezzali\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Valentino_Rossi_Marche.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.italybyevents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Valentino_Rossi_Marche-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Valentino Rossi\" 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