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Warning: do not confuse with Nicosi, which is located on the side of Mount Etna. Nicosia is spread over four rocky spurs, with the remains of a Norman castle and the church of Santa Maria Maggiore on the summit of one of them. A former Sicilian centre and Arab fortress, Nicosia reached its peak during the Norman domination and became a strategic military and commercial location, while the population increased due to the immigration of Lombards and Piedmontese. Its dialect has preserved some French words. Today the town has a population of about 15,000