Marca

Regions (marches)

• Marca is the Latin term for border regions known as a Marks or Marches
• Marca Aleramica, created in 961 in western Liguria and named after Aleramo
• Marca Anconetana, created in 1198 and centred on Macerata in eastern central Italy
• Marca di Ancona, the March of Ancona, an alternative name for the Marca Anconetana
• Marca Arduinica, or march of Turin, founded in 941 and named after Arduin Glaber
• Marca Geronis, a tenth-century march in Saxony, centred on Merseburg
• Marca Hispanica, or Spanish March, or March of Barcelona, created in 795
• Marca Januensis, centred on Genoa, an alternative name for the Marca Obertenga
• Marca Obertenga, created in 961 in eastern Liguria and named after Oberto I
• Marca Trevigiana, or March of Treviso, a medieval territory in Venetia
• Marca Veronensis et Aquileiensis, or March of Verona, created after 945 and centred on Verona and Aquileia