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Gaeta

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Gaeta

Fortified seaport in Lazio region, west-central Italy, 65 km/40 mi southeast of Latina; it stands on a high promontory in the Gulf of Gaeta, an inlet of the Tyrrhenian Sea; population (1991) 22,300. There is a glass industry, and an important fishing trade. Gaeta has a 10th–15th-century cathedral and an 8th-century castle. The archiepiscopal church and other ancient buildings were damaged during World War II.

In 1861, as a large Neapolitan naval base, it was the scene of the last stand of King Francis II of Naples against a united Italy.



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And from this time he began to seek new alliances and to temporize with France in the expedition which she was making towards the kingdom of Naples against the Spaniards who were besieging Gaeta.
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
The very name assumed by his host of Monte Cristo and again repeated by the landlord of the Hotel de Londres, abundantly proved to him that his island friend was playing his philanthropic part on the shores of Piombino, Civita-Vecchio, Ostia, and Gaeta, as on those of Corsica, Tuscany, and Spain; and further, Franz bethought him of having heard his singular entertainer speak both of Tunis and Palermo, proving thereby how largely his circle of acquaintances extended.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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