Priverno

Comune in Lazio, Italy

Priverno

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Comune di Priverno

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Priverno

Priverno (Lazio)

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Coordinates: 41°28′N 13°11′E﻿ / ﻿41.467°N 13.183°E﻿ / 41.467; 13.183
Country| Italy
Region| Lazio
Province| Latina (LT)
Frazioni| Boschetto, Casale, Case Alloggio Ferrovieri, Ceriara, Colle Rotondo, Colle San Pietro, Colle Sughereto, Fascia, Fornillo, Fossanova, Gricilli, Le Crete, Maccalè, Mezzagosto, Montalcide, Osteria dei Pignatari, Perazzette, Pruneto, San Martino, Stazione Fossanova, Stradone Grotte
Government

• Mayor| Anna Maria Bilancia (Civic list)
Area

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• Total| 56.98 km2 (22.00 sq mi)
Elevation

| 151 m (495 ft)
Population

(31 May 2022)[2]

• Total| 13,668
• Density| 240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Demonym| Privernati or Pipernesi
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

04015

Dialing code| 0773
Patron saint| St. Thomas Aquinas
Saint day| March 7
Website| Official website

Priverno is a town, comune in the province of Latina, Lazio, central Italy. It was called Piperno until 1927.

It has a station of the Rome-Naples railway mainline. Nearby is the Monti Lepini chain. It was the birthplace of the canonist Reginald of Piperno.

## History[edit]

Robinia pseudoacacia in Priverno summer city

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 Appian Way passed nearby. The town recovered under the Roman rule, but disappeared after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, probably destroyed by Saracen attacks.

Researchers studying the concrete used in Privernum concluded that the use of quicklime made ancient Roman concrete more durable than its modern counterpart.[3][4]

It was later a minor center of the Papal States, to which it belonged until the capture of Rome in 1870.

## Main sights[edit]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Priverno.

Nearby is the Abbey of Fossanova, which is where the town's patron saint, St. Thomas Aquinas died on 7 March 1274.

Other churches include:

* Santa Maria Assunta (former Cathedral), consecrated by Pope Lucius II in 1183. It houses a panel of the Madonna d'Agosto and St. Thomas's skull.
* San Benedetto, built by the Benedictines from the 7th century AD; it includes 13th and 16th centuries frescoes
* San Giovanni Evangelista (c. 9th century, rebuilt in the 13th century). It has 13th-15th century frescoes, including stories of St. Catherine (14th century), a Madonna with Child (15th century)
* San Tommaso d'Aquino (13th century)
* San Nicola (13th century)

Lay buildings include the Villa Gallio, a residence of Cardinal Bartolomeo Gallio, the Communal Palace (13th century), with the Dolphin Fountain by Giuseppe Olivieri and the Porta San Marco and Porta Posterola, the only remains of the seven gates once giving access to Priverno. Remains of the old Privernum are outside the town, including parts of the walls, baths, three patrician houses and a temple. Here a colossal statue of Tiberius (now in the Vatican Museum) was found in the late 18th century.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
3. ^ Seymour, Linda M.; Maragh, Janille; Sabatini, Paolo; Di Tommaso, Michel; Weaver, James C.; Masic, Admir (2023-01-06). "Hot mixing: Mechanistic insights into the durability of ancient Roman concrete". Science Advances. 9 (1): eadd1602. Bibcode:2023SciA....9D1602S. doi:10.1126/sciadv.add1602. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 9821858. PMID 36608117.
4. ^ Kwan, Jacklin (2023-01-06). "Scientists may have found magic ingredient behind ancient Rome's self-healing concrete". science.org. "Quicklime may have made material more durable than its modern counterparts"

## External links[edit]

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