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Encyclopedia Britannica



NICOSIA

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 665 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: NEW-NUM
NICOSIA , a
city
  and episcopal see (since 1816) of
Sicily
 , in the province of
Catania
 , 21 M. by road N. of the railway station of Leonforte (which is 49 M. W. of
Catania
 ) and 42 M. W.N.W. of Catania
direct
 , 2840 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (19oi) 16,004. The
town
  retains a thoroughly
medieval
 
appearance
 , with a fine
Norman
 
cathedral
  and some other interesting churches, among them S. Maria
Maggiore
 , with a reredos by Antonio Gagini.665
A Lombard dialect is still spoken here, and the
town
  is less modernized in every respect than any other in
Sicily
 . The Sicel town of Herbita is usually placed here, but without sufficient reason, and the origin of Nicosia is unknown. It was destroyed by the Saracens and repopulated by the Normans.


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