Siege of Gaeta
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The Siege of Gaeta can refer to several historical sieges of the city of Gaeta
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Gaeta
Gaeta is a city and comune in the province of Latina, in Lazio, central Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is 120 km from Rome and 80 km from Naples....
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
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- Siege of Gaeta (1707)Siege of Gaeta (1707)The siege of Gaeta was a three-month siege of the Italian city of Gaeta in 1707 by Austrian forces under Wirich Philipp von Daun, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It ended on 30 September with the total destruction of the city's historic fortifications....
, Austrian attack during the War of the Spanish Succession - Siege of Gaeta (1734)Siege of Gaeta (1734)The Siege of Gaeta was a siege during the War of Polish Succession fought at Gaeta, Italy. The Habsburgs at Gaeta withstood four months of siege from the Bourbon armies under the Duke of Parma ....
, French and Spanish attack during the War of the Polish Succession - Siege of Gaeta (1806)Siege of Gaeta (1806)The Siege of Gaeta of 1806 was a siege of the fortress city of Gaeta by French forces under André Masséna, which began in late February during the War of the Third Coalition....
, French attack during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars - Siege of Gaeta (1815)Siege of Gaeta (1815)The Siege of Gaeta of 1815 was a three-month siege of the city of Gaeta by Austrian forces during the Neapolitan War. On August 8, 1815 the city capitulated.- References :*...
, Austrian attack during the Neapolitan War - Siege of Gaeta (1860)Siege of Gaeta (1860)The Siege of Gaeta was the concluding event of the war between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It started on November 5, 1860 and ended February 13, 1861, and took place in Gaeta, in today's Southern Lazio .-Background:...
, Piedmontese attack during the Italian Unification Wars