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Marches (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 43 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 43.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 013 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 13.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited early by Umbri and Picentes people; colonized by Greeks, later by Romans (3rd century BCE); invaded by Goths 5th century CE; portions ruled by Byzantines and Lombards; ruled by Pope in 8th century and again from the 13th century. |
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| Marche (preferred,C,V,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Le Marche (C,V)
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............ | name originated in 10th cen., referring to fiefs established at the border (or marches) of the Holy Roman Empire |
| Marche, Le (C,V)
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| Marches, The (C,O)
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| The March of Ancona (C,O)
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| Marches (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Regione Marche (C,V)
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| IT10 (C,V,FIPS)
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| Marche, Regione (C,V)
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| The Marches (C,V)
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| Marchigiano (C,V,English,U,A)
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Marches (region (administrative division)) (P,C) became part of unified Italy in 1860 |
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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part of Italy since 1860 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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