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	Encyclopedia: Gaeta
		Gaeta's fortifications were extended and strengthened in the 15th century, and indeed throughout the history of the Kingdom of Naples (later the Two Sicilies).
		Gaeta underwent further attacks in 1806 and 1815 by the French and the Bourbons.
		In 1227 Frederick II was in the city and strenghtened the castle; however, in the struggle between the Emperor and the Papacy Gaeta fell to the latter, and the Papal forces destroyed the imperial castle in the frey.
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	Encyclopedia article: Gaeta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Finally, in 1860, it was the scene of the last stand of Francis II of the Two Sicilies (additional info and facts about Francis II of the Two Sicilies) against the forces of United Italy.
		After the king dismissed Mussolini, the latter was initially taken via Gaeta to the island prison of Ponza (additional info and facts about Ponza) (where Mussolini had previously locked up many of his political enemies).
		Gaeta has erected a monument to Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot (Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ga/gaeta.htm (929 words)

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		Gaeta lost its independence to the Normans (mid-12th cent.) and thereafter shared the fortunes of the kingdom of Naples.
		The fall of the town to Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia after a siege (1860-61) marked the end of the rule of Francis II of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
		John Gaeta's latest Revolution: this audio aims to create feature length animated films for less than the norm...
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gaeta
		It is the ancient Caieta, situated on the slopes of the Torre di Orlando, a promontory overlooking the Mediterranean.
		Gaeta was an ancient Ionian colony of the Samians according to Strabo; legend, however, derives its foundation from Caieta, the nurse of Æneas or Ascanius.
		In 1501 Gaeta was retaken by the French, who, after the defeat of Garigliano (3 Jan., 1504), abandoned it to Gonsalvo de Cordova, Ferdinand the Catholic's general.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06333a.htm (851 words)

	CAIETAE PORTUS (mod. Gaeta) - Online Information article about CAIETAE PORTUS (mod. Gaeta) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gaeta) - Online Information article about CAIETAE PORTUS (mod.
		Formiae, called Mola di Gaeta until recent times)
		After the destruction of Formiae'in A.D. 847 it became one of the most important seaports of central Italy (see GAETA).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BUN_CAL/CAIETAE_PORTUS_mod_Gaeta_.html (1111 words)

	AllRefer.com - Gaeta, Italy (Italian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
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		Pope Pius IX took refuge in Gaeta in 1848–49.
		The fall of the town to Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia after a siege (1860–61) marked the end of the rule of Francis II of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
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