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English: Casa Otaiti, on the estate of Castello di Maniace, Bronte, Sicily, seat of the Duke of Bronte. Small summer residence built by the estate's land agent William Thovez (1819-1871),[1] named Casa Otaiti (so named because it was surrounded by the "wigwams" of peasant's houses, the straw-thatched roofs reminding the Duke of Tahiti in the Pacific[2]), situated to the north of the Castello at higher altitude to escape malaria, on the way up to the Nebrodi Mountains.[3] This was done on the order of the 2nd Duke, who was concerned about his health and had urged him to drain and canalize the swampy areas around the Castello.[4] |
| Date | circa 1885 |
| Source | Under the Volcano: Revolution in a Sicilian Town By Lucy Riall, p.176[1] |
| Author | Unknown author |
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- ↑ Career of Thovez[2]
- ↑ Lucy Riall, Under the Volcano, p.176[3]
- ↑ Bronte, 5th Duke of, The Duchy of Bronte: a memorandum written for his family in 1924
- ↑ il Duca si preoccupa per la salute di Barret ed in particolare delle conseguenze dell’aria malsana di Maniace specie d’estate e gli consiglia di cambiare luogo di abitazione o di curare il drenaggio delle acque in modo da evitare acque stagnanti facendo costruire nuovi canali di scolo e ordinando la pulizia degli antichi dreni probabilmente ostruiti[4]
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