Sir Alexander Nelson Hood, 5th Duke of Bronte,, OCI, of Castello di Maniace, Bronte, and La Falconara, Taormina, both in Sicily, and of 13 Pelham Crescent, South Kensington, London, was a British cour
"The Princess's Private Secretary", caricature of Sir Alexander Nelson Hood, 5th Duke of Bronte, by "Spy", Vanity Fair magazine, 1905.
Castello di Maniace
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The Castello di Maniace is a manor house built on the site of a former ancient monastery 3 km south of the centre of the small village of Maniace and 8 km north of the large town of Bronte, on the eas
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Castello di Maniace, caput of the Dukedom of Bronte, situated 5 miles north of the town of Bronte. Viewed from north across the dried up river bed of the River Saraceno, with Mount Etna in the background (the main crater of which is 15 km to the south-east). Painted in 1876 by Sir John Walrond, 1st Baronet (1818–1889), son-in-law of the 3rd Duchess of Bronte. Royal Collection
Castello di Maniace in 1885, showing the old bridge over the River Saraceno, built by one of the dukes, on which tolls were levied from crossing traffic
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