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Palestri is typically Milanese, Palestro has a Piedmontese stock and in the nearby area of Pavia and one in Sicily in Syracuse and Catania, they should derive from the name of the town of Palestro in Pavia, whose name most probably derives from the Latin paludestris (palustre), indicating that the place had been very swampy. The presence in Sicily could have been a consequence of the arrival of Piedmontese troops on the island following Ventimiglia.
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