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    The Fortezza del Tocco is a fort in Acireale, Sicily. It was built in the 16th century to defend the city from attacks by pirates. After the Battle of...
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    end of Via Romeo, where the strada del la Marina leads through an opening in the town walls to the Fortezza del Tocco and to the seaside. Construction of...
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    Umberto and Corso Italia, which are the city's principal thoroughfares. Fortezza del Tocco, a 16th-century fort, has been converted to a nature reserve. Zelantea...
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    churches. Camillani designed the following buildings, among others: Fortezza del Tocco, Acireale Torre di Manfria, Gela Towers of Vendicari, Capo Passero...
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    Caracciolo, Tocco da Casauria Castello Gizzi, Torre de' Passeri Province of Teramo Palazzo De Sterlich [it], Cermignano Fortezza di Civitella del Tronto,...
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    Orsini family is unattested), the House of Anjou and the Tocco family. The rule of the family of Tocco lasted for 122 years, up until 1479, when Ottomans captured...
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    mouth of the Ambracian Gulf was immediately recognized by Leonardo III Tocco, Count of Cephalonia, in a manuscript letter written on 31 March 1478, as...
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    castellan, loyal to Mary, briefly imprisoned the new Prince's bailli, Simon del Poggio. Mary retained control of Navarino until her death in 1377. At about...
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    briefly to the Angevins of Naples and then from 1357 to the Tocco family. Carlo I Tocco used the county as a springboard for his acquisition of lands...
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    until the fall of Athens to Nerio Acciaioli Nardi, Carlo (1747). De' titoli del Re delle Due Sicilie (PDF) (in Italian). Nicol 1984, pp. 80, 101. Fine 1994...
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    Tower of Italy had a round bulwark built around by Grand Master Fabrizio del Carretto in 1515–1517, and provided with gun ports at the lowest level covering...
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    1267–1797 Rovinj (Rovigno), 1283–1797 Sveti Lovreč (San Lorenso del Paxenadego/San Lorenzo del Pasenatico), 1271–1797 Bale (Vale/Valle d'Istria), 1331–1797...
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    times of crisis or war, a provveditore generale (the provveditore generale [del regno] di Candia) was appointed, with supreme power over both civil and military...
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    triarchies (terzieri, "thirds"): the northern, based at Oreos (Italian: terzero del Rio), the southern, ruled from Karystos (Italian: terzero di Caristo) and...
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    fechos et conquistas del principado de la Morea compilado por comandamiento de Don Fray Johan Ferrandez de Heredia, maestro del Hospital de S. Johan de...
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  • Oosterwijck, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. 1623) November 13 – Francesco Fortezza, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1621) November 16 – Francis Marsh, Irish bishop...
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  • Castle of Mytilene Venetian Arkadi Monastery Bourtzi Castle Frangokastello Fortezza of Rethymno Fortifications of Chania Fortifications of Heraklion Gouverneto...
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  • Fortore 1863 Mojo Moio della Civitella 1863 Sala di Gioi Salento 1863 Tocco Tocco Caudio 1863 Valle di Prata Valle Agricola 1863 Sant'Arcangelo Sant'Arcangelo...
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  • for Brazil). He will serve until 1596. January 10 – Construction of the Fortezza Nuova around the city of Livorno begins in Italy in the Grand Duchy of...
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  • Castle of Mytilene Venetian Arkadi Monastery Bourtzi Castle Frangokastello Fortezza of Rethymno Fortifications of Chania Fortifications of Heraklion Gouverneto...
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