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In the countryside, Crescentii castles concentrated a cluster of population that depended on them for their defense and were dependable armed members of the Crescentii clientage. After Sergius IV's death (1012), the Crescentii simply installed their candidate, Gregory, in the Lateran, without the assent of the cardinals. A struggle flared ...
The Gaeta Diocesan Museum, formally known as the Museo Diocesano e della Religiosità del Parco dei Monti Aurunci, displays a collection of religious objects and artworks, and is housed in the Palazzo De Vio, adjacent to the cathedral of Gaeta, region of Lazio, Italy.
The Duchy of Gaeta (Latin: Ducatus Caietae) was an early medieval state centered on the coastal South Italian city of Gaeta. It began in the early ninth century as the local community began to grow autonomous as Byzantine power lagged in the Mediterranean and the peninsula due to Lombard and Saracen incursions.
The 1700s refers to a period in Italian history and culture which occurred during the 18th century (1700–1799): the Settecento. [1] The Settecento saw the transition from Late Baroque to Neoclassicism: great artists of this period include Vanvitelli, Canaletto and Canova, as well as the composer Vivaldi and the writer Goldoni.
The church of St. Catherine of Alexandria is a building in the historic center of Gaeta, Italy, located on Pius IX Street. [1]The church, closed for worship since 1987 and in a state of abandonment, though not deconsecrated, is located within the territory of the parish that overlooks the cathedral of Saints Erasmus and Marcianus and St. Mary of the Assumption.
Encastellation (sometimes castellation, which can also mean crenellation) is the process whereby the feudal kingdoms of Europe became dotted with castles, from which local lords could dominate the countryside of their fiefs and their neighbours', and from which kings could command even the far-off corners of their realms.
'Images') is the Latin title of two works in ancient Greek by two authors, both named Philostratus, describing and explaining various artworks. The first of these two works called Imagines consists of two books (one consisting of an introduction and 31 chapters and the other of 34 chapters) are generally attributed to Philostratus of Lemnos ...
Giovanni da Gaeta (15th century) was an Italian painter active in the late-Gothic period in Campania and his native Gaeta. Little details are known about his life. An altarpiece of the Assunzione found in San Giovanni a Carbonara in Naples is attributed to him. He may have been influenced by Leonardo da Besozzo or Pisanello, during their stays ...