Latin Arch (French: arc latin, Catalan:arc llatí, Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Galician: arco latino) is the name given to the littoral around the northwestern Mediterranean Basin, which stretches from Malta, just below Sicily, up through it, and Peninsular Italy, Southern France, Spain, Portugal and then to the final tip of the arc Gibraltar that forms the shape of an arch and seen as the core of Latin Europe. Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia, and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of Sardinia. ... Galician (Galician: galego, IPA: ) is a language of the Western Ibero-Romance branch, spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community with the constitutional status of historic nationality, located in northwestern Spain and small bordering zones in neighbouring autonomous communities of Asturias and Castilla y León. ... The Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around and surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea. ... Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... Satellite view of the Peninsula in spring The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula (Italian: Penisola italiana or Penisola appenninica) is one of the greatest peninsulas of Europe, spanning 1,000 km from the Alps in the north to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south. ... This region consists of the southern part of France. ... For other uses, see Arch (disambiguation). ... Latin Europe Latin Europe (Italian, Portuguese and Spanish: Europa latina; French: Europe latine; Romanian: Europa latină; Catalan: Europa llatina; Franco-Provençal: Eropa latina) is composed of those nations and areas in Europe that speak a Romance language and are seen as having a distinct culture from the Germanic and...

The countries and territories included in the Arch are:

•  Andorra
•  France
•  Gibraltar
•  Italy
•  Malta
•  Monaco
•  Portugal
•  San Marino
•  Spain
•  Vatican City

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Organisation

Latin Arch (Arco Latino) is also the formal name of an organisation of mutual cooperation between the sub-national entities of the mentioned region, which was founded in 1998. The organisation was originally composed of the Mediterranean départements and provinces, however, today, with 66 members, it is also comprised of the southern provinces of Portugal. Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ... A province is a territorial unit, almost always a country subdivision. ...

External links

• Arco Latino Official website of the organisation Latin Arch