Palestrina
Palestrina | |
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| Comune di Palestrina | |
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  Palestrina Location o Palestrina in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 41°50′N 12°54′E / 41.833°N 12.900°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Latium |
| Province | Rome (RM) |
| Frazioni | Carchitti, Valvarino |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Rodolfo Lena (Democratic Pairty) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 46.8 km2 (18.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 450 m (1,480 ft) |
| Population (30 November 2010) | |
| • Total | 21,567 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Palestrinesi o Prenestini |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00036 (capital, Valvarino), 00030 (Carchitti) |
| Diallin code | 06 |
| Patron saunt | St. Agapitus martyr |
| Saunt day | August 18 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Palestrina (auncient Praeneste; Ancient Greek: Πραίνεστος) is a auncient ceety an comune (municipality) wi a population o aboot 18,000, in Lazio, aboot 35 kilometre (22 mile) east o Roum. It is connectit tae the latter bi the Via Prenestina.
It is the namesake o componer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Roman ruins in Palestrina. |