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Palestro
Sign in to savePalestro is a town and comune in the province of Pavia. It is located on the banks of the river Sesia.
Key facts
- 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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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Palestro
- Demonym
- palestresi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Pavia
- Population
- 1784
- Area
- 18.81
- Elevation
- 121
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Vercelli
- Official website
- www.comune.palestro.pv.it
- Image
- Palestro monumento.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0384
- Licence plate code
- PV
- Patron saint
- Martin of Tours
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- Commons category
- Palestro
- postal code
- 27030
- different from
- Lakhdaria
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Twin towns
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.
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