MACERATA  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of the See also:

• MARCHES, THE (It. Le Marche)

Marches, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Macerata and a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop's see, 44 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail S. of See also:

• ANCONA
• ANCONA, ALESSANDRO (1835– )

Ancona . Pop . (1901), 6,176 (town), 22,473 (See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune) . Crowning a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill 919 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, with a picturesque See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of buildings enclosed by walls and towers, Macerata looks out over the Adriatic . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral is See also:

• MODERN

modern, but some of the churches and palaces are not without See also:

• INTEREST

interest . Besides the university, agricultural school and See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

institute, Macerata has a communal library founded by See also:

• LEO
• LEO (THE LION)
• LEO, BROTHER (d. c. 1270)
• LEO, HEINRICH (1799-1878)
• LEO, JOHANNES (c. 1494-1552)
• LEO, LEONARDO (1694–1744)

Leo XII., containing a small but choice collection of See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early pictures, and in the municipal buildings, a collection of antiquities from Helvia See also:

• RICINA

Ricina . There is an enormous See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre or sferisterio for See also:

• PALLONE (Italian for " large ball," from palla, ball)

pallone, a See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball See also:

• GAME

game which is very popular in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district . The See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries comprise the making of bricks, matches, terra-See also:

• COTTA
• COTTA, BERNHARD VON (1808—1879)
• COTTA, GAIUS AURELIUS (c. 124—73 B.c.)

cotta and chemicals . Macerata, as well as See also:

• RECANATI

Recanati, was founded by the inhabitants of Ricina after the destruction of their city by See also:

• ALARIC (Ala-reiks, " All-ruler "), (c. 370-410)

Alaric in 408 . During the Lombard See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period it was a flourishing town; but it was raised from See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative insignificance by See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas IV. to be the seat of the See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors of the See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March . It was enclosed in the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century by a new See also:

• LINE

line of walls more than 22 M. in See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit; and in the troubles of the next two See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years it had frequent occasion to learn their value . For the most See also:

• PART

part it remained faithful to the popes, and in return it was rewarded by a multitude of privileges .

Though in 1797 the inhabitants opened their See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, two years afterwards, when the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• PEOPLE

people took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge within the walls, the city was taken by See also:

• STORM (in O. Eng..storm, and so in Du. and Low Ger.; in O. H. Ger. and mod. Ger. Sturm; the root is probably that seen in " stir," to rouse, move, disturb, cf. Ger. storen)
• STORM, THEODOR WOLDSEN (1817-1888)

storm and delivered to pillage . The bishopric of Macerata See also:

• DATES

dates from the suppression of the see of Recanati (1320) .