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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 665 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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city and episcopal see (since 1816) of See also:Sicily, in the See also:province of See also: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 See also:direct, 2840 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. (19oi) 16,004. The See also:town retains a thoroughly See also:medieval See also:appearance, with a See also:fine See also:Norman See also:cathedral and some other interesting churches, among them S. Maria See also:Maggiore, with a See also:reredos by See also:Antonio Gagini.665 A Lombard See also: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 See also:reason, and the origin of Nicosia is unknown. It was destroyed by the See also:Saracens and repopulated by the See also:Normans.

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