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Castle Attractions In Province of Catania

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The Province of Catania was a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in southern Italy. Its capital was the city of Catania. It was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Catania starting from 4 August 2015.
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Castle Attractions In Province of Catania

  • 1. Aci Castello Catania
    Aci Castello is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, Italy. The city is located 9 kilometres north of Catania on the Mediterranean coast. The primary economic sectors are agriculture and industry . The city is neighbored by Aci Catena, Acireale, Catania, San Gregorio di Catania and Valverde.
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  • 6. Castello Nelson Maniace
    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 it was constructed between 1232 and 1240 by the Emperor Frederick II. It bears the name of George Maniakes, the Byzantine general who besieged and took the city in 1038. Originally, one could only enter the castle over a bridge spanning a moat . A feature of the castle is the decorated portal. Today the castle is open to public and is a local tourist attraction in Syracuse.
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  • 9. Castello di Donnafugata Donnafugata
    Donnafugata Castle is located 15 kilometers away from Ragusa in Sicily, Italy. Although the origins of this place could be traced back to the fourteenth-century most of its current Neo-Classical and Neo-Gothic appearance belongs to the 19th century.
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  • 11. Norman Castle Paterno
    The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1139, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130 these territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily, which included the island of Sicily, the southern third of the Italian Peninsula , the archipelago of Malta and parts of North Africa. Itinerant Norman forces arrived in the Mezzogiorno as mercenaries in the service of Lombard and Byzantine factions, communicating news swiftly back home about opportunities in the Mediterranean. These groups gathered in several places, establishing fiefdoms and states of their own, uniting and elevating their status to de facto independence within fifty years of their arrival. Unlike the Norman conquest of England , which took a few years after one decisive battle, the ...
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