The Civic Museum of Pesaro is a treasure chest of prestigious artworks.

The first hall is monumental due to the impressive presence of a large altarpiece, full of light and noble colour. It is the Coronation of the Virgin Mary between Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Jerome or the Pesaro Altarpiece. The 262 × 240 cm altarpiece was created around 1472-1475 by the painter Giovanni Bellini, born and died in Venice.

The artworks in Italy are in an excessive number. The consequence is the invisibility of the majority of works preserved in museums.

The deposits in which they are kept are vast. This causes a problem with cataloguing and studying cultural heritage. Above all, it is unavailable to the public.

The Galleria Nazionale delle Marche in the Ducal Palace, Urbino, with the exhibition, The other collection. Stories and works from the deposits of the National Gallery of the Marche, offered the opportunity to see sixty paintings usually in the deposit.

In 1444, after Oddantonio's assassination, Federico da Montefeltro became Duke of Urbino.

Federico da Montefeltro transformed Urbino into one of the essential centres of the Renaissance. Federico was its patron prince.

Every Renaissance Lord needs a palace. Federico da Montefeltro wanted to build one of the most personal residences.

The Palazzo Ducale is inimitable, "the most beautiful to be found in all Italy".

How is it possible that one of the most beautiful museums in the world, could have been born in an arid and desolate island of the Middle East?