Macerata

Macerata is a town and provincial capital in the Marche region of Italy.

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The centro storico is located on a hill between the Chiente and Potenza rivers. Together with the modern town, sprawling on the plain below, it has a population of about 41,000. There is a lift (elevator) connecting the two towns. It is solid but unostentatious, being built between the 1600s and 1900s. In the central Piazza della Libert? there is the Loggia dei Mercanti with two-tier arcades dating from the Renaissance.

Town: In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. In some cases, "town" is an alternate name for "city" or "village" (especially a larger village). Sometimes, the word "town" is short for "township."...

Marche: This article refers to the Italian region. There are other regions called Marches....

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