The Musone ( la, Misco) is a river in the
Marche
Marche ( , ) is one of the twenty regions of Italy. In English, the region is sometimes referred to as The Marches ( ). The region is located in the central area of the country, bordered by Emilia-Romagna and the republic of San Marino to the ...
region of Italy. The source of the river is east of
Matelica
Matelica is a (municipality) of the Province of Macerata in the Italian region of Marche. Located about southwest of Ancona and west of Macerata, it extends over an area of .
Geography
Matelica lies in an ample valley where the Braccano cre ...
and south of
Monte San Vicino in the
province of Macerata
The province of Macerata ( it, provincia di Macerata) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Macerata. The province includes 55 comunes (Italian: ''comuni'') in the province, see Comunes of the Province of Mace ...
.
The river flows northeast near
Apiro
Apiro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about northwest of Macerata
Macerata () is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy, the county seat of the ...
,
Cingoli Cingoli is a town and ''comune'' of the Marches, Italy, in the province of Macerata, about by road from the town of Macerata. It is the birthplace of Pope Pius VIII.
History
The town occupies the site of the ancient ''Cingulum'', a town of Pice ...
and
Staffolo before crossing into the
province of Ancona
The province of Ancona ( it, provincia di Ancona) is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona, and the province borders the Adriatic Sea. The city of Ancona is also the capital of Marche.
To the north, ...
near
Filottrano
Filottrano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ancona in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona.
Filottrano borders the following municipalities: Appignano, Cingoli, Jesi, Montefano, Osimo, Santa Maria ...
. The river then flows southeast and is joined by a tributary south of
Osimo
Osimo is a town and ''comune'' of the Marche region of Italy, in the province of Ancona. The municipality covers a hilly area located approximately south of the port city of Ancona and the Adriatic Sea. , Osimo had a total population of 35,037. ...
before curving northeast near
Loreto. Finally, the river empties into the
Adriatic Sea
The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to t ...
north of
Porto Recanati
Porto Recanati () is a town with some 12,500 inhabitants in the province of Macerata, in the Marche region. of central Italy. It is the northeast coastal town of the province. It was made an independent town on 15 January 1893, when, due to a De ...
and south of
Numana
Numana is a coastal town and ''comune'' of the province of Ancona in the Marche region of Italy.
History
Most scholars see Numana as having been founded by people of Sabine origin, but Pliny the Elder attributed its foundation to the Siculi, but ...
.
References
Rivers of the Province of Macerata
Rivers of the Province of Ancona
Rivers of Italy
Adriatic Italian coast basins
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