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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 bell tower of Gaeta Cathedral is located behind the building, in Pope Gelasius Square, overlooking the Gulf of Gaeta. [1] Built in the Romanesque style with strong Arab-Norman influence, [2] [3] it is 57 meters high, [4] was built beginning in 1148 and was completed in 1279 with the construction of the apex tower.
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 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 ...
See Art periods for a chronological list. This is a list of art movements in alphabetical order. These terms, helpful for curricula or anthologies, evolved over time to group artists who are often loosely related. Some of these movements were defined by the members themselves, while other terms emerged decades or centuries after the periods in ...
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.
—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 ...
Gaeta Cathedral, more formally the Cathedral of Saints Erasmus and Marcian and St. Mary of the Assumption (Italian: Cattedrale di Gaeta; Cattedrale dei Santi Erasmo e Marciano e di Santa Maria Assunta), is the most important place of Catholic worship in Gaeta, Italy, mother church of the archdiocese of the same name and seat of the parish of Mary Most Holy Assumed into Heaven (Italian: Maria ...