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The Duchy of Nelson

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  • Location: Adrano

Place: Maniace / Etna West, Via Santa Maria di Maniace.

Type: Easy.

Distance: 13 Km from Bronte and 1 km (internal circuit).

Time required: a / r: 2 h.

 

 

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The Abbey of Santa Maria di Maniace (also called Duchy of Nelson, Nelson and Castle Maniace Duchy) is a building that is on the border between the towns of Bronte and Maniace. It was founded by Queen Margaret of Navarre, wife of William I of Sicily, in the twelfth century. It was donated in perpetual feud with the (15,000 hectares) in 1799 by King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies to the English Admiral Horatio Nelson out of gratitude that he had repressed the so-called Neapolitan Republic, saving his life and kingdom.

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