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Ascoli Piceno

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Ascoli Piceno (ä`skōlē pēchĕ`nō), city (1991 pop. 53,591), capital of Ascoli Piceno prov., Marche region, central Italy, at the confluence of the Castellano and Tronto rivers. It is the market for a rich agricultural area and textiles and shoes are among its manufactures. A Roman settlement with extensive Roman remains, the city became a free republic in the 12th cent. and passed to papal control in the 15th cent.


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Claudia Armillei paraded through Ascoli Piceno, Italy, and into the church Sunday trailing a 1,320-foot creation of lace, ribbon and mesh fabric.
 
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