The goddess Preneste and the foundation of the city

From the hill that glimpses the sea above, the goddess Preneste decided the fate of the sailors and since she was venerated, the temple of fortune Primigenia was built. Palazzo Barberini, seat of the Archaeological Museum of Palestrina, was built on the foundations. Here you can visit and observe various parts of the temple and many of the finds, including important Roman statues, sculpted by Pre-Estonian masters according to the Greek school. On the upper floors under the ceiling frescoed by the Zuccari painters in the 16th century, temporary exhibitions and finds from the Sanctuary of Hercules, which was located in the lower city, are visited. The mosaic that maps the Nile Valley to the Mediterranean, on the upper floor, was placed in the floor of the apse at the forum and is extraordinary in size and art of drawing. Preneste, the most Egyptian city after Egypt, in an atlas of stones described a journey of centuries BC. Every house in Palestrina hides ancient foundations and is still beautiful, as when the emperor Hadrian built the Domus there.