Cave is a town and ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' in the
Latium
Latium ( , ; ) is the region of central western Italy in which the city of Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city of the Roman Empire.
Definition
Latium was originally a small triangle of fertile, volcanic soil ( Old Latium) on w ...
region of Italy, southeast of
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
. 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. In 1482 it was besieged by
Pope Sixtus IV and obliged to surrender. It is especially known for the ''Treaty of Cave'', signed on 12 September 1557 by plenipotentiaries of
Pope Paul IV
Pope Paul IV, born Gian Pietro Carafa, C.R. ( la, Paulus IV; it, Paolo IV; 28 June 1476 – 18 August 1559) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 May 1555 to his death in August 1559. While serving as pa ...
and
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, the Spanish viceroy of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
.
Geography
Cave borders with
Castel San Pietro Romano
Castel San Pietro Romano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about east of Rome. In 2017, it had a population of 883.
Since 14 November 2017, Castel San Pietro Romano has been i ...
,
Genazzano
Genazzano is a town and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, located on a tuff spur at above sea level that, starting from the Monti Prenestini, ends on the Sacco River valley.
History
The name originates from its role as vacation res ...
,
Palestrina
Palestrina (ancient ''Praeneste''; grc, Πραίνεστος, ''Prainestos'') is a modern Italian city and ''comune'' (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Pre ...
,
Rocca di Cave, and
Valmontone
Valmontone is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome.
Geography
The historic part of the town is situated on a tuffaceous hill, above sea level, part of a mor ...
.
It counts the hamlets (''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
'') 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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