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Ascoli Piceno

British  
/ ˈaskoli piˈtʃɛːno /

noun

  1. Latin name: Asculum Picenum.  a town in E central Italy, in the Marches: capital of the Roman province of Picenum; site of the massacre of all its Roman citizens in the Social War in 90 bc Pop: 51 375 (2001)

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On Saturday, a state funeral took place for 35 of the victims in the town of Ascoli Piceno, which escaped the heavy damage of other towns in the region.

From Washington Times Aug. 28, 2016

Funeral services for the 50 victims killed in the Marches region were held Saturday in the cathedral of Ascoli Piceno.

From Washington Post Aug. 27, 2016

Italy won for the first time in 10 matches, beating Samoa, 24-13, in Ascoli Piceno.

From New York Times Nov. 9, 2014

By 1483 Crivelli had settled in Ascoli Piceno, the only town in the Marche that has a monumental Crivelli high altar still in place.

From New York Times Mar. 21, 2010

After fussing and feuding through their longest government-making crisis since World War II, Italy's politicians handed the job of putting together a Cabinet to a long-jawed lawyer from the mountain town of Ascoli Piceno.

From Time Magazine Archive

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