The New International Encyclopædia/Mineo

MINEO, mē̇-nā′ō̇. A town in the Province of Catania, Sicily, 27 miles southwest of Catania (Map: Italy, J 10). It occupies the site of the ancient Menæ, founded by Ducetius, 459 B.C., and captured by the Saracens in 840. In the vicinity is the famous Lago de’ Palici, the Lacus Palicorum of volcanic origin. Population, in 1901, of commune, 9828.