Cave, Lazio

Cave is a town and comune in the Latium region of Italy, 42 kilometres (26 mi) southeast of Rome. As of 2011 its population was of 10,421.^[3]

Cave
Comune
Comune di Cave
Coat of arms
Cave within the Metropolitan City of Rome
Location of Cave
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Coordinates: 41°49′N 12°56′E / 41.817°N 12.933°E / 41.817; 12.933
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Metropolitan city	Rome (RM)
Frazioni	Collepalme, San Bartolomeo
Government
• Mayor	Angelo Lupi^[1] (since 26-5-2014)
Area ^[2]
• Total	17 km^2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation	399 m (1,309 ft)
Population  (31 December 2014)^[3]
• Total	11,244
• Density	660/km^2 (1,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Cavesi, Cavensi or Caviselli
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	00033
Dialing code	06
Patron saint	Madonna del Campo and St. Lawrence
Saint day	27 April and 10 August
Website	Official website

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 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.^[4] It counts the hamlets (frazioni) of Collepalme and San Bartolomeo.

References

1. (in Italian) City Council page on Cave municipal website
2. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
3. (in Italian) Source: Istat 2011
4. 41561 (x a j h) Cave on OpenStreetMap

• Lazio, Touring Club Italiano, 2005.

External links

  Media related to Cave at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Italian) Cave official website