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Palestro
Palestro
Comune
	Comune di Palestro
	Monument to the victims of the Battle of Palestro.
	Coat of arms
	Location of Palestro
	Palestro Location of Palestro in Italy Palestro Palestro (Lombardy)
	Coordinates: 45°18′N 8°32′E / 45.300°N 8.533°E
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Province	Pavia (PV)
Frazioni	Pizzarosto
Government
• Mayor	Maria Grazia Grossi Tinti
Area
• Total	18 km2 (7 sq mi)
Population (30 April 2010)
• Total	2,022
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Demonym	Palestresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	27030
Dialing code	0384
Patron saint	San Martino di Tours
Saint day	11 November
Website	Official website

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.

Palestro was the site of the Battle of Palestro of 30–31 May 1859, in the course of the Second Italian War of Independence

Twin towns

Palestro is twinned with:

Montebello della Battaglia, Italy, since 1984

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^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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[wikidata-16139ca327c50d72c40d8c5fd3abe706b989650e-v18-1] "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

[wikidata-6c4193b2686f905553042f4ae1ae4934aea078c8-v18-2] "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

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