Priverno

Comune di Priverno
Municipal coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Province	Latina (LT)
Mayor	Umberto Macci
Elevation	m ( ft)
Area	km² ( sq mi)
Population (as of december 12 2004)
- Total
- Density	/km² (/sq mi)
Time zone	CET, [[UTC+1]]
Coordinates	41°28′N, 13°11′E
Gentilic	Privernati or Pipernesi
Dialing code	0773
Postal code	04015
Patron	St. Thomas Aquinas
- Day	March 7
Location of Priverno in Italy
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.

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.

Lazio · Comuni of the Province of Latina
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