Marches Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)
...with special rights who guarded the Welsh Marches at Hereford, Shrewsbury and Chester. The title Earl of March held by certain great feudal families is similarly derived. See also marquess . A territorial and historic division of Italy is called the Marches, which includes Pesaro and Urbino, Ancona, Macerata and Ascoli Piceno. Ride the marches, To See under ride...
PU [Vehicle Registration codes] Quick reference
A Dictionary of Abbreviations
... [Vehicle Registration codes] Pesaro Urbino,...
Gothic Line Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable (2 ed.)
...Line . (German Gotisch Linie .) A heavily fortified defensive line built across Italy by the Germans during the Second World War. The line crossed the Italian peninsula north of Florence, running between La Spezia on the west coast to Pesaro, south of Rimini, on the east coast. The Allied operation to breach the line took place in August–September 1944 . The name refers to the ancient Gothic tribes, fearsome warriors who were regarded as the ancestors of modern Germans. See also Fortress Europe ; Gustav Line...
