Ascoli Piceno

British

/ ˈaskoli piˈtʃɛːno /

noun

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.

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