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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
date QS:P,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Under the Volcano: Revolution in a Sicilian Town By Lucy Riall, p.176[1]
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  1. ↑ Career of Thovez[2]
  2. ↑ Lucy Riall, Under the Volcano, p.176[3]
  3. ↑ Bronte, 5th Duke of, The Duchy of Bronte: a memorandum written for his family in 1924
  4. ↑ 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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