Maniace
Maniace | |
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| Comune di Maniace | |
 Courtyard in the Castello di Maniace | |
Location of Maniace  | |
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| Postal code | 95030 |
| Dialing code | 095 |
| Website | Official website |
Maniace (Italian: Maniace; Sicilian: Maniaci) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) east of Palermo and about 45 kilometres (28 mi) northwest of Catania.
The municipality bears the name of
Main sights
Castello di Maniace
The Castello di Maniace
Monastic Church of St Mary
The nave and magnificent West Door (main entrance) of the ancient Norman-style (called Romanesque in Italy) monastic church, dedicated to Santa Maria, survives with part of the cloister, as one side of the rectangular courtyard of the manorial buildings, in the centre of which survives an ancient stone well.[4] The former apse, chancel and transept tower of the church (roughly the entire eastern half) is missing, believed to have collapsed during the terrible earthquake of 1693,[5] with the site partly built over later by a new granary building in which the foundations of the triple apse were recently discovered. Since 1981 the granary building has been converted by the Council of Bronte into a conference hall.
The church with the other adjoining manorial buildings were restored and reconstructed in 1800 on the order of Admiral Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte, who never set foot on his estate, having been killed 5 years later in heroic circumstances during the Battle of Trafalgar.
References
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
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- ^ Castello di Maniace, spelling as given for residential address of Rowland Arthur Herbert Nelson Hood, 3rd Viscount Bridport, 6th Duke of Bronté (1911–1969) in Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p.174
- ^ "Bronte's City/Monuments - Nelson Ducea, the Abbey".
- ^ "Bronte's City/Monuments - Nelson Ducea, the church".
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