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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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