Maniace (Italian: Maniace; Sicilian: Maniaci) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about...
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The Castello di Maniace (or Castello Bronte and Castello dei Nelson 'Castle of the Nelsons') is a manor house built on the site of a former ancient monastery...
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The Castello Maniace is a citadel and castle in Syracuse, Sicily, southern Italy. It is situated at the far point of the Ortygia island promontory, where...
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George Maniakes (redirect from Giorgio Maniace)
George Maniakes (Greek: Γεώργιος Μανιάκης; Italian: Giorgio Maniace; died 1043) was a prominent general of the Byzantine Empire during the 11th century...
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well as being made a Duke, Nelson was given as a fief the Castello di Maniace, which at the time was the remains of a Benedictine monastery. The Castle...
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3rd Viscount Bridport, 6th Duke of Bronte (1911–1969), of Castello di Maniace near Bronte in Sicily (a descendant of William Nelson, 1st Earl Nelson...
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Duke of Bronte, KCVO, OCI (28 June 1854 – 1 June 1937), of Castello di Maniace, Bronte, and La Falconara (now "Villa Nelson"), Taormina, both in Sicily...
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of Maniace, five miles north of Bronte, which Nelson ordered to be restored and embellished as his residence – thenceforth called Castello di Maniace. He...
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aristocrat who inherited an Italian dukedom and estate between Bronte and Maniace in Sicily. Charlotte was born on 20 September 1787 in Hilborough, Norfolk...
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in the city by Frederick II. He began the construction of the Castello Maniace, the Bishops' Palace and the Bellomo Palace. Frederick's death brought...
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Ragusa Torre Cabrera Pozzallo Castello Dei Conti Modica Syracuse Castello Maniace Syracuse Castello Svevo Augusta Trapani Castello di Venere Erice Castle...
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of Santa Maria di Maniace—which he later transformed into the Castello di Nelson—situated between the comunes of Bronte and Maniace, later known as the...
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San Fratello, Shrine of the Tre Santi Maniace, Norman bridge and Castle of Nelson (old Abbey of St. Mary in Maniace) Syracuse, Church of San Nicolò ai Cordari...
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Pubblico Palazzo Vecchio Giotto's Campanile White Tower (Brixen) Castello Maniace Castello Ursino Castel Nuovo Castel del Monte (Apulia) Kaunas Castle Trakai...
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from Arab rule. The Lombards who arrived with the Byzantines settled in Maniace, Randazzo and Troina, while a group of Genoese and other Lombards from...
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(Sicilian: Domu) Giudecca (Sicilian: Jureca) Turba (Sicilian: Tubba) Castello Maniace (Sicilian: Casteddu) Cathedral of Syracuse Piazza del Duomo, Syracuse Piazza...
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Bridport, 6th Duke of Bronte (22 May 1911 – 25 July 1969), of Castello di Maniace, near Bronte, Sicily, was a British naval commander and Conservative politician...
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connected by three bridges to the mainland. The island contains the Castello Maniace, dated to the Hohenstaufen period and the Doric Temple of Athena, which...
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Neapolis, pronto il set del Maniace (anche in mare)" [Indiana Jones, filming in Syracuse: after the Neapolis, the Maniace set is ready (even at sea)]...
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Apulia and the Castello Maniace protecting the harbour of Syracuse, Italy. Castel del Monte in Apulia (1240s) Castello Maniace in Syracuse, Sicily (1232–40)...
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remained loyal to al-Timnah. They passed through Frazzanò and the pianura di Maniace, where George Maniakes and the first Hautevilles had distinguished themselves...
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Giarre Grammichele Gravina di Catania Licodia Eubea Linguaglossa Maletto Maniace Mascali Mascalucia Mazzarrone Militello in Val di Catania Milo Mineo Mirabella...
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Wedekind Michel Pascal (2) Tour 2003 The Country Martin Crimp Louis-Do de Lencquesaing Théâtre de l'Œuvre 2004 HEROINE Asa Mader Asa Mader Castello Maniace...
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Mandello Vitta Manduria Manerba del Garda Manerbio Manfredonia Mango Mangone Maniace Maniago Manocalzati Manoppello Mansuè Manta Mantello Mantua Manzano Manziana...
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rocky outcrop overlooking the sea from where it can defend the Castello Maniace in Syracuse.[citation needed] There is a Martello tower located at what...
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legacy a Benedictine abbey at the site of Santa Maria in Maniace, constructed by Giorgio Maniace over a century prior, and a church at San Marco d'Alunzio...
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memorable essay) are the guides to follow. He died in 1905 at the Castello di Maniace near Bronte, in Sicily, where he was the guest of Sir Alexander Nelson...
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important works promoted by him include: Castel del Monte, in Apulia Castel Maniace, in Syracuse, Sicily City Gate of Capua, an imperial Romanesque evocation...
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Bronte (Italian: Duca di Bronte), of the Kingdom of Sicily and the Duchy of Maniace. This ducal title was conferred on his great-great-uncle, Horatio Nelson...
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