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Gaeta was turned into a duché grand-fief in the Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples with the French name of Gaëte. [36] The duchy was awarded to finance minister Martin-Michel-Charles Gaudin on 15 August 1809. [37] After the collapse of Joachim Murat's kingdom in the Neapolitan War, Gaeta was the last city to hold out.
The city has played a conspicuous part in military history; its walls date to Roman times and were extended and strengthened in the 15th century, [3] especially throughout the history of the Kingdom of Naples (later the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies). Present-day Gaeta is a fishing and oil port and a renowned seaside resort. NATO has a naval base ...
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.
Seventeenth-century engraving depicting a view of the city of Gaeta; the lighthouse ("Lanterna") of St. Catherine is shown on the upper left side.The earliest established record concerning a women's monastery dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria dates back to 1384; [3] according to the "Platea del Venerabile Monastero S. Caterina della Città di Gaeta" of c. 1748, however, it would have ...
Siege of Gaeta plan shows the fortress defenses and the French siege parallels. In 1806, Gaeta had a population of about 8,000 and possessed powerful fortifications. The city stood on a peninsula that jutted into the sea. Gaeta's landward approaches were defended by a 1,300 yards (1,189 m) long fortified trace three lines deep in places.
The siege of Gaeta of 1815 was a three-month siege of the city of Gaeta by Austrian forces during the Neapolitan War. Siege
—Tombstone to the right of the apse On May 8, 1765, the same bishop proceeded with the dedication of the church: Templum hoc Ill(ustrissimus) e(t) R(everendissimus)/ D(omi)nus Ianuarius / Carmignani Ep(iscop)us Caiet(a)e / consecravit Die 8 Mai(i) / 1765 The most illustrious and reverend lord Gennaro Carmignani, bishop of Gaeta, consecrated this temple on May 8, 1765. —Tombstone to the ...
Richard Drengot (c. 1025 – died 1078) was the count of Aversa (1049–1078), prince of Capua (1058–1078, as Richard I) and duke of Gaeta (1064–1078). Early career in Italy [ edit ]