Gaeta On the trail

See the Lepanto standard in Cardinal De Vio's house

Gaeta

The standard that flew on the papal flagship at Lepanto is in this house, on the square named after the cardinal who lived here, among paintings and silver the diocese never sold.

How the day goes

  1. The building is Cardinal De Vio's, and the museum takes its lower floors.
  2. The picture gallery runs from medieval panels through to Neapolitan baroque.
  3. The Lepanto standard is the thing to stand in front of, silk and all.
  4. Exultet rolls and generations of church silver fill the rest.

In late summer they want an email before you arrive, so it is a visit to arrange rather than stumble into.

Where it is

Gaeta at its real position from Rome, with everywhere else we list behind it — so you can see how far out this one is.

Gaeta, and where it is from Rome Gaeta drawn at its real position relative to Rome, about 142 minutes by car. The faint dots are the other places we list, so you can see how far out this one is. 142 min Rome Gaeta

Open it where the roads are

Takes you to Piazza Cardinale de Vio, 7, 04024 Gaeta (LT), the address the operator publishes.

Getting there

Getting there, the comfortable way

  • 2 h 22drive from the middle of Rome
  • 168 kmeach way

  • Rent a car for the day

    The day stays yours: you leave when you want, stop where you want, and come back when the light goes.

    • You pick it up in Rome and drop it back in Rome
    • No timetable to build the day around
    • The stops on the way are the good part, and they need a car

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  • Have a driver take you, door to door

    No parking to find, no wrong turns, and you leave when the day is done.

    • Picked up where you are staying, dropped back there
    • No parking to find and no ZTL to worry about
    • Nobody spends the day driving

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