PALESTRINA, a town of Italy, in the Campa-
ña di Roma, with a bishop's see. It is the capital of a
principality of the same name, and the bishop is one of
the six cardinal bishops. It was anciently famous for the
temple of Fortune, being then called Præstella, and
seated on the top of a mountain, the ruins of which
may yet be seen. E. Long. 12. 55. N. Lat. 41. 51.