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- The Marche are a region in Central Italy with around 1.5 million inhabitants. The capital is Ancona. |
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- The Santuario della Santa Casa, a Catholic place of pilgrimage, is found in Loreto. |
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- The poet Giacomo Leopardi, the motorcyclist Valentino Rossi and the painter Raphael were all born here. |
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- In the Marche we can find a great variety of landscapes and hilltop villages which have inspired writers and poets like Dante, Leopardi and Carducci. |
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- The Grotte di Frasassi, one of the most important karstic complexes in Italy, is found in the Marche. |
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- Ancona is one of the few cities in the world where the sun rises and sets on the sea. |