Palestrina

Palestrina pälāstrēˈnä [key], town (1991 pop. 15,802), in Latium, central Italy. It is an agricultural market. It is located on the site of Praeneste, a town founded by c.800 b.c. and later destroyed (and rebuilt) by the Romans in the 1st cent. b.c. Of note are the ruins of a temple of Fortuna (8th cent. b.c.), celebrated for its oracles, and a 12th-century cathedral. The composer Palestrina was born there (c.1525).

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