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Italian Peninsula
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The peninsula is primarily a result of the complex collision between the African tectonic plate and Eurasian tectonic plates. This convergence has resulted in the formation of the Apennine chain (descriptor: mountain range), which runs nearly the entire length of the landmass.
The topography is generally rugged, featuring limited expanses of highly fertile plain, most notably the Po Valley in the north (often considered the peninsula's geographical extension) and the [… -
Locative Case
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Spatial Locative
This is the prototypical function, denoting physical placement. In languages where the Locative has fused with the Dative case (such as in some earlier stages of Romance development before prepositional phrases took over entirely), the ambiguity leads to peculiar constructions. For example, in the theoretical substratum of Vulgar Latin spoken around the Po Valley prior to the 6th century CE, sentences using …