Gioiosa Guardia

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Nov 25, 2025 11:49 AM — History

An ancient city in Sicily that was founded during the reign of Frederick III of Aragon and is located on Mount Meliuso in Sicily.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/992102397

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.1497292, 14.9308155

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Gioiosa Guardia (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Gioiosa Guardia makes connections with:

Gioiosa Guardia located at Gioiosa Vecchia (unspecified date range)

Gioiosa Guardia receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (Italian) Gioiosa Guardia

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Gioiosa Guardia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/992102397> [accessed: 11 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/992102397 |title=Places: 992102397 (Gioiosa Guardia) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 11, 2026 8:36 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}