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CAMERINO (anc. Camerinum), a city and episcopal see (since A.D. 465, if not earlier ; Treia is now combined with it) of the Marches, Italy, in the province of Macerata, 6 m. S. of the rail way station of Castelraimondo (to which there is an electric tramway) which is 24 m. W. of Macerata; 2,148 ft. above sea level. Pop. (1931) of town, 5,529; of commune, 11,834. The cathedral is modern, the older building having fallen in 1799; the church of S. Venanzo suffered similarly, but preserves a portal of the 15th century. The citadel dates from 1502. There is a small university (about 500 students). Camerino occupies the site of the ancient Camerinum, the inhabitants of which (Camertes Umbri) became allies of the Romans in 310 B.C.

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