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 George Maniakes (Greek: Γεώργιος Μανιάκης; Italian: Giorgio Maniace), a Byzantine general of the 11th century and catepan of Italy, known for his victories against the Arabs in Sicily.
^"Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
Maniace (Italian: Maniace; Sicilian: Maniaci) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about...
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...
transliterated as Georgios Maniaces, Maniakis, or Maniaches, Italian: Giorgio Maniace; died 1043) was a prominent general of the Byzantine Empire during the...
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...
of Maniace, five miles north of Bronte, which Nelson ordered to be restored and embellished as his residence – thenceforth called Castello di Maniace. He...
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...
Pubblico Palazzo Vecchio Giotto's Campanile White Tower (Brixen) Castello Maniace Castello Ursino Castel Nuovo Castel del Monte (Apulia) Kaunas Castle Trakai...
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...
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...
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)]...
Apulia and the Castello Maniace protecting the harbour of Syracuse, Italy. Castel del Monte in Apulia (1240s) Castello Maniace in Syracuse, Sicily (1232–40)...
municipalities: Alcara li Fusi, Bronte, Cesarò, Frazzanò, Galati Mamertino, Maniace, San Marco d'Alunzio, Tortorici. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni...
Giarre Grammichele Gravina di Catania Licodia Eubea Linguaglossa Maletto Maniace Mascali Mascalucia Mazzarrone Militello in Val di Catania Milo Mineo Mirabella...
remained loyal to al-Timnah. They passed through Frazzanò and the pianura di Maniace, where George Maniakes and the first Hautevilles had distinguished themselves...
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...
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...
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...
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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