Priverno | |
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| Comune di Priverno | |
 View of Fossanova Abbey | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Priverno  | |
  Priverno Location of Priverno in Italy  Priverno Priverno (Lazio) | |
| Coordinates: 41°28′N 13°11′E / 41.467°N 13.183°E | |
| 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 | |
| • 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.
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.
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.
