Cisterna di Latina

Cisterna di Latina
Comune di Cisterna di Latina
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Cisterna di Latina is located in Italy
Cisterna di Latina
Cisterna di Latina
Location of Cisterna di Latina in Italy
Cisterna di Latina is located in Lazio
Cisterna di Latina
Cisterna di Latina
Cisterna di Latina (Lazio)
Coordinates: 41°35′27″N 12°49′42″E / 41.59083°N 12.82833°E / 41.59083; 12.82833
CountryItaly
RegionLazio
ProvinceLatina (LT)
FrazioniBorgo Flora, Olmobello, Prato Cesarino, Le Castella, Doganella, Sant'Ilario-Castelverde, Isolabella
Government
 • MayorValentino Mantini
Area
 • Total144.16 km2 (55.66 sq mi)
Elevation
77 m (253 ft)
Population
 (31 July 2017)[2]
 • Total36,939
 • Density260/km2 (660/sq mi)
DemonymCisternesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
04012
Dialing code06
Patron saintSt. Roch
Saint dayAugust 16
WebsiteOfficial website

Cisterna di Latina is a town and comune in the province of Latina in Lazio, of central Italy. It was the scene of the Battle of Cisterna in January 1944.

The Garden of Ninfa is located in the commune's territory.

The town, then known as Tres Tabernae ("The Three Taverns")[3] is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles as one of the towns where Saint Paul stopped on his way to Rome.[4]

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ IAT Latina Tursimo, Itinerario Latina-Cori-Roccamassima-Ninfa-Norma-Sermoneta-Bassiano-Latina-Aprilia – Cisterna; accessed 2014.04.02.
  4. ^ Acts 28:15.