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Gaeta (Latina province)

A town of southern Lazio: 41°12N, 13°24E. Altitude: 2 m. Population in 2003: 20,900.
[image ALT: A squarish medieval fortress on a promontory high overlooking the sea, with mountains across the water at the horizon. It is a view of the Angevin castle of Gaeta in the Lazio (central Italy).]
The Angevin castle of Gaeta, for many years a very famous military prison.

Gaeta is a town on the coast of southern Lazio just off the Via Appia, between Rome (115 km NW) and Naples (65 km SE).

I have never been to Gaeta, but a proper website will eventually appear here, a collaborative venture with Carole Roach who took all the photos. For the moment, see the sites below for fuller information on the town.

[image ALT: A squat windowless cylindrical building, some 10 meters tall but maybe 20 meters in diameter. It is the Mausoleum of Plancus in Gaeta, Italy.]

Among its many Roman ruins, Gaeta boasts 2 large mausoleums. One, the Mausoleum of L. Sempronius Atratinus, was despoiled of its marble facing in the Middle Ages and there's consequently not that much left; the other somehow escaped that fate. The Mausoleum of Plancus is the best-preserved Roman tomb in Italy, and was the final resting place of a man who left his (ambiguous) mark on ancient history.

[image ALT: A harbor scene: to the right, the sea and fishing boats; to the left a small town, with a large Gothic church dominating it from a low hill. It is a view of Gaeta, Italy.]

[ 3/26/02: 1 page, 10 churches, 9 photos ]

The Churches of Gaeta are an interesting group; material slowly coming online.

Images with borders lead to more information. The thicker the border, the more information. (Details here.)

This site on Gaeta is being co‑authored by Carole Roach, who developed most of the information, and all the photographs are © Carole Roach 1998 or 2001.
Thank you Carole!
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