Priverno

Infobox CityIT
img_coa =Priverno-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Priverno
name=Priverno
mapx=41.44
mapy=13.184
region = Lazio
province = Latina (LT)
elevation_m = 151
area_total_km2 = 56
population_as_of = december 12 2004
population_total = 13744
population_density_km2 =234
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|41|28|N|13|11|E
frazioni =
telephone = 0773
postalcode = 04015
gentilic =Privernati or Pipernesi
saint = St. Thomas Aquinas
day = March 7
mayor = Umberto Macci
website = [http://www.comune.priverno.latina.it/ 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.