Palestro

Palestro is a town and comune in the province of Pavia. It is located on the banks of the river Sesia.

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Italian comune.name: Palestro
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Palestro
Italian comune.image_skyline: Palestro monumento.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: Monument to the victims of the Battle of Palestro.
Italian comune.image_shield: Palestro-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region: Lombardy
Italian comune.province: Pavia (PV)
Italian comune.frazioni: Pizzarosto
Italian comune.mayor: Maria Grazia Grossi Tinti
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 18
Italian comune.population_total: 2022
Italian comune.population_as_of: 30 April 2010
Italian comune.population_demonym: Palestresi
Italian comune.saint: San Martino di Tours
Italian comune.day: 11 November
Italian comune.postal_code: 27030
Italian comune.area_code: 0384

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Palestro
Demonym: palestresi
Population: 1784
Area: 18.81
Elevation: 121
Official website: www.comune.palestro.pv.it
Image: Palestro monumento.jpg
Dialing code: 0384
Licence plate code: PV

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postal code: 27030

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Palestro is a town and comune in the province of Pavia. It is located on the banks of the river Sesia.

==History== Although located in area settled by Celts, Etruscans, Romans and Lombards, Palestro is mentioned for the first time in 999 AD, when it was given to the bishop of Vercelli by emperor Otto III. It was located in the Via Francigena and at the time it was a fortified borough. Later it was ruled by the Visconti of Milan (1335-1452), then by the Borromeo family and, from 1500, by Spain, which was ended by its acquisition by the Duchy of Savoy in 1614.