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Praeneste

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[pree-nes-tee] / priˈnɛs ti /

noun

  1. ancient name of Palestrina.


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Italy's Ministry of Culture has designated the area as an archaeological park, now managed as part of the Musei e Parchi Archeologici di Praeneste e Gabii.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025

Praeneste, often mentioned by the classical writers, was an ancient religious center 23 miles east of Rome in the Sabine hills.

From Time Magazine Archive

He who arrived first at Praeneste was enjoined to wait there for his colleague.

From The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livius, Titus

At Tusculum or Tibur or Praeneste or Laurentum you might have longed for me in vain.

From Roads from Rome by Allinson, Anne C. E. (Anne Crosby Emery)

We shall skirt round the foot of the hills, cross the Lyris below Praeneste, and then make straight to the mountains.

From Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

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