Palestrina

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)