Origin of the name: Enen before the arrival of the Romans, Picenis lived in the Region, a population of italic origin in the hills and Galli Senoni confined along the coastal shore. With the conquests from the Romans this zone was named, preserving the name from the tenants, Picenum. It took around ten centuries because it could be called Marche. In the language ancient German ‘Mark ' means region of border. In fact Marche became zone of border with the Sacred Romano Impero. The feuds of that the emperors gave to the nobles called marchesati, from which they took the name Marca of Fano, Marca of Camerino, Marca of Ancona. Here is the reason for the why a single region, has today the name of a plural. Click on the picture for more .
