Gaeta
غيطة
A large city rich in trees and fruit, with a fine sheltered harbour where large and small ships are built; about a hundred and twenty miles from Rome. 1
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Gaeta is a large town rich in trees and fruit, with a safe harbour in winter where large and small ships are built. It lies about a hundred and twenty miles from Rome, according to al-Idrisi. 2
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- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 756
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.756
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