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Modern multi-story courthouse building with rows of rectangular windows and an open plaza in front, located in Frosinone, Italy.
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Frosinone

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Also known as: Frusino
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Frosinone, city, Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy, on a hill above the Cosa River, on the Via Casilina. It originated as Frusino, a town of the ancient Volsci people, and became a colonia (colony) of the Roman Empire. There are traces of ancient walls and a Roman amphitheatre, but Frosinone, which was badly damaged during World War II, is now a primarily modern town. It is the centre of the Ciociaria district (noted for peasant costumes), and agriculture is the economic mainstay. Pop. (2006 est.) mun., 48,600.

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