The Simeto ( Italian pronunciation: [siˈmɛːto] ; Sicilian : Simetu ; Latin : Symaethus ; Greek : Σύμαιθος ) is a 113-kilometre (70 mi) long river in Sicily , southern Italy . At 116 kilometres (72 mi), it is the second longest river on the island after the Salso (also known as Southern Imera), but the most important in terms of watershed (4,029 km (1,556 sq mi)). It flows through the province of Enna and the province of Catania .
8-595: Its source is located near Bronte , from the union of several streams of the Nebrodi Mountains. After receiving its first affluent, the Troina , the river starts running southwards into a spectacular canyon of lava from eruptions of Mount Etna . Near Adrano , Simeto constitutes the boundary between the province of Catania and that of Enna , and receives the Salso, then flows near Paternò . Simeto's final course
16-571: A Duchy, and rewarded admiral Horatio Nelson with the title of Duke for the help he had provided him in suppressing the revolution in Naples and so in recovering his throne. As well as being made a Duke, Nelson was given as a fief the Castello di Maniace , which at the time was the remains of a Benedictine monastery. The Castle passed into the Bridport family when the 1st Viscount Bridport married
24-576: Is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Catania , in Sicily , southern Italy. The town is situated approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) west-northwest from Mount Etna , on the side of the valley of the Simeto river, and about 32 kilometres (20 mi) west from Giarre and Sicily's eastern coast. Bronte's economy relies mostly on farming, particularly of pistachio nuts. The town
32-705: Is slower and twisting, being all included in the plain of Catania ; its last confluences are with the Dittaino and the Gornalunga , before flowing into the Ionian Sea south to the metropolitan area of Catania. This Sicilian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Italy is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bronte, Catania Bronte ( Arbëreshë Albanian : Brontë )
40-516: The hills of eastern Sicily. In 1860, during Giuseppe Garibaldi 's Expedition of the thousand , there was a citizen's revolt . Sicilian peasants had hoped for - and did not get from Garibaldi - reforms from the restrictive conditions imposed by noble landowners. This hope had been reinforced by Garibaldi's decree of 2 June 1860 that land would be re-distributed. The southerners revolted in several localities including at Bronte, where 16 were cruelly massacred. Buildings were also set on fire, including
48-459: The theatre, the municipal archive, other builds andany houses. On August 5, 1860, Garibaldi's sent general Girolamo ("Nino") Bixio with two battalions of bersaglieri to restore order in Bronte. Bixio reached Bronte the next day and repressed the riots. On the 9th trials where hastily setup, which only lasted for four hours and led to the summary executions of six people. The facts and details of
56-515: The then Duchess of Bronte, who was Admiral Nelson's niece. The Bridports continued to live in the castle until 1982 when the current Viscount sold the property to the Comune of Bronte. Today it is a local tourist attraction in Maniace, and has been restored (including the recreation of ceramic-tiled floors) by the Comune. It is built in the style of an English country house (with formal garden) set in
64-707: Was settled and historically inhabited by the Arbëreshë community. Bronte's name derives from that of one of the Cyclopes in Greek mythology and it means "The Thunderer". Legend has it that the Cyclopes lived under Mount Etna . In 1520 Charles V united the twenty-four hamlets of the surrounding area, which formed the town of Bronte. Mount Etna nearly destroyed the town three times, in 1651, in 1832, and finally in 1843. In 1799, King Ferdinand III created Bronte as
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