Priverno

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Priverno
Comune di Priverno
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View of Fossanova Abbey
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Priverno
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Priverno
Priverno (Lazio)
Coordinates: 41°28′N13°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
  MayorAnna Maria Bilancia (Civic list)
Area
[1]
  Total
56.98 km2 (22.00 sq mi)
Elevation
151 m (495 ft)
Population
 (31 May 2022) [2]
  Total
13,668
  Density239.9/km2 (621.3/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 dayMarch 7
Website Official website

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

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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

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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

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:

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.

Notable people

References

  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