Priverno
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| Comune di Priverno | |
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| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Latina (LT) |
| Mayor | Umberto Macci |
| Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Area | 56 km² (22 sq mi) |
| Population (as of December 12, 2004) | |
| - Total | 13,744 |
| - Density | 245/km² (635/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET, UTC+1 |
| Coordinates | |
| Gentilic | Privernati or Pipernesi |
| Dialing code | 0773 |
| Postal code | 04015 |
| Patron | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| - Day | March 7 |
| Website: www.comune.priverno.latina.it | |
Priverno is a town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy.
It has a station of the Rome-Naples railway mainline.
[edit] History
Privernum is described by Livy as a flourishing Volscian site, which was conquered and destroyed by the Romans in the late 4th century BC. The town recovered under the Roman rule, but disappeared after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, probably destroyed by Saracen attacks.
It was later a minor center of the Papal States, to which it belonged until the capture of Rome in 1870.
Nearby is the famous Abbey of Fossanova, which is where the town's patron saint, St. Thomas Aquinas died on March 7th, 1274.
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