Cave is a town and ''
comune'' in the
Latium region of Italy, southeast of
Rome. As of 2011 its population was of 10,421.
History
The town was mentioned first in 998 AD, and was later a fief of the
Colonna family
The House of Colonna, also known as ''Sciarrillo'' or ''Sciarra'', is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility. It was powerful in Middle Ages, medieval and Roman Renaissance, Renaissance Rome, supplying one pope (Pope Martin ...
. In 1482 it was besieged by
Pope Sixtus IV
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and obliged to surrender. It is especially known for the ''Treaty of Cave'', signed on 12 September 1557 by plenipotentiaries of
Pope Paul IV and
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of
Naples.
Geography
Cave borders with
Castel San Pietro Romano,
Genazzano,
Palestrina,
Rocca di Cave, and
Valmontone.
It counts the hamlets (''
frazioni'') of Collepalme and San Bartolomeo.
References
*''Lazio'', Touring Club Italiano, 2005.
External links
Cave official website
Cities and towns in Lazio
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