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Palestrina

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Palestrina (ancient Praeneste; , Praínestos) is a modern Italian city and comune (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Prenestina. It is built upon the ruins of the ancient city of Praeneste.

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Palestrina is a modern Italian city of about 22,000 people located in the Lazio region east of Rome, connected to the capital by an ancient road called the Via Prenestina. The city is notable for being built directly on top of the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Praeneste, making it an important site for understanding Roman history and urban development.

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Italian comune.name: Palestrina
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Palestrina
Italian comune.image_skyline: 2012-09-07 Palestrina panorama.jpg
Italian comune.image_flag: Palestrina-Bandiera.svg
Italian comune.image_shield: Palestrina-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.image_map: Map of comune of Palestrina (province of Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
Italian comune.map_caption: Location of Palestrina in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
Italian comune.pushpin_map: Lazio#Italy#European Union
Italian comune.pushpin_relief: 1
Italian comune.region: Lazio
Italian comune.metropolitan_city: Rome (RM)
Italian comune.population_demonym: Palestrinesi o Prenestini
Italian comune.elevation_m: 450
Italian comune.saint: St. Agapitus martyr
Italian comune.day: August 18
Italian comune.postal_code: 00036 (capital, Valvarino), 00030 (Carchitti)

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Instance of: comune of Italy
Official name: Palestrina
Demonym: palestrinesi
Country: Roman Republic
Population: 22063
Area: 47.02
Elevation: 450
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Shares border with: Artena
Official website: www.comune.palestrina.rm.it
Image: Palestrina1.jpg
Dialing code: 06
Licence plate code: ROMA
Patron saint: Agapitus of Palestrina

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topic's main category: Category:Palestrina
Commons category: Palestrina
postal code: 00036
twinned administrative body: Bièvres
category for people born here: Q9226322
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Palestrina
category of associated people: Category:People from Palestrina
Commons gallery: Palestrina
public holiday: patronal festival
replaces: Praeneste
P8168: Marcus Larcius Magnus Pompeius Silo
native label: Palestrina

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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections

Contents

Geography
History
Ancient Praeneste
Roman gentes with origins in Praeneste
Latin League
Latin wars
Republican Rome
The Empire
Medieval history
Barberini Family
Modern history
Description of Praeneste
Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia
Forum and Basilica
Lower terraces
City walls
Water Supply
Other sights
Famous residents
In popular culture
Twin towns
See also
References and sources
External links

Palestrina (ancient Praeneste; , Praínestos) is a modern Italian city and comune (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Prenestina. It is built upon the ruins of the ancient city of Praeneste.

Palestrina is the birthplace of composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palestrina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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