Palestrina
Palestrina is a locality in Palestrina, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio and has about 14,900 residents. Palestrina is situated nearby to the hamlet Frainili, as well as near the village Castel San Pietro Romano.Places of Interest
Highlights include Temple of Fortuna Primigenia and Palestrina Cathedral.
Temple of Fortuna Primigenia
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The temple of Fortuna Primigenia was an ancient Roman temple within the sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, a religious complex in Praeneste. It was dedicated to the goddess Fortuna Primigenia and parents brought their newly-born first child to the temple in order to improve its likelihood of surviving infancy and perpetuating the gens.
Palestrina Cathedral
Church
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Palestrina Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral located in Palestrina, in the region of Lazio, Italy. It is the episcopal seat of the Suburbicarian Diocese of Palestrina, and dedicated to Saint Agapitus.
Museo archeologico nazionale
Museum
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Museo archeologico nazionale is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castel San Pietro Romano and Cave.
Castel San Pietro Romano
Village
Castel San Pietro Romano is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about 35 kilometres east of Rome. In 2017, it had a population of 883.
Cave
Town
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Cave is a town and comune in the Latium region of Italy, 42 kilometres southeast of Rome. As of 2011 its population was 10,421. Cave is situated 4 km southeast of Palestrina.
Zagarolo
Town
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Zagarolo is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the region of Lazio of central Italy. It lies 34 kilometres southeast of Rome, and it borders the municipalities of Colonna, Gallicano nel Lazio, Monte Compatri, Palestrina, Rome, San Cesareo. Zagarolo is situated 4 km west of Palestrina.
Palestrina
- Type: Locality with 14,900 residents
- Location: Palestrina, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Palestrina” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Praeneste”
- Dutch: “Palestrina”
- Esperanto: “Palestrina”
- French: “Palestrina”
- German: “Palestrina”
- Italian: “Palestrina”
- Japanese: “パレストリーナ”
- Neapolitan: “Palestrina”
- Polish: “Palestrina”
- Portuguese: “Palestrina”
- Russian: “Палестрина”
- Swedish: “Palestrina”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include National Archaeological Museum of Palestrina and Colle Formalicchi.
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