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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3AItaly_-_Playing_Cards_-_Regional_Patterns.svg">thumb</a><a href="page.php?w=Playing_card">Playing card</a>s (in Italian: carte da gioco) have been in <a href="page.php?w=Italy">Italy</a> since the late 14th century. Until the mid 19th century, Italy was composed of many smaller independent states which led to the development of various regional patterns of playing cards; "Italian suited cards" normally only refer to cards originating from northeastern Italy around the former <a href="page.php?w=Republic_of_Venice">Republic of Venice</a>,</p><p>
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