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Grottammare is a town and commune on Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
's Adriatic coast, in the province of Ascoli Piceno
Province of Ascoli Piceno

The Province of Ascoli Piceno is a Provinces of Italy in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ascoli Piceno.It has an area of 2,088 km?, and a total population of 369,579 ....
, Marche region. It receives over 500,000 tourists a year.

In 1994 the ruling Christian Democrats were ousted by a coalition known as Participation and Solidarity (PS). It created a system of neighbourhood assemblies as a type of participatory democracy
Participatory democracy

Participatory democracy, sometimes called "direct democracy," is a process promoted by the New Left in the early 1960's and on through the 1980's, emphasizing the broad participation of constituents in the direction and operation of political systems....
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Grottammare is a town and commune on Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
's Adriatic coast, in the province of Ascoli Piceno
Province of Ascoli Piceno

The Province of Ascoli Piceno is a Provinces of Italy in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ascoli Piceno.It has an area of 2,088 km?, and a total population of 369,579 ....
, Marche region. It receives over 500,000 tourists a year.

In 1994 the ruling Christian Democrats were ousted by a coalition known as Participation and Solidarity (PS). It created a system of neighbourhood assemblies as a type of participatory democracy
Participatory democracy

Participatory democracy, sometimes called "direct democracy," is a process promoted by the New Left in the early 1960's and on through the 1980's, emphasizing the broad participation of constituents in the direction and operation of political systems....
.

Notable residents

Pope Sixtus V
Pope Sixtus V

Pope Sixtus V , born Felice Peretti di Montalto, was Pope from 1585 to 1590....
 was born here.

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