Novara di Sicilia
| Novara di Sicilia | |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Novara di Sicilia | |
Novara di Sicilia cityscape
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 Novara di Sicilia
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| Coordinates: 38°1′N 15°8′E / 38.017°N 15.133°ECoordinates: 38°1′N 15°8′E / 38.017°N 15.133°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Messina (ME) |
| Frazioni | San Basilio, San Marco, Vallancazza, Piano Vigna, Badia Vecchia |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Michele Truscello |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48.8 km2 (18.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 650 m (2,130 ft) |
| Population (December 2004) | |
| • Total | 1,606 |
| • Density | 33/km2 (85/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Novaresi |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 98058 |
| Dialing code | 0941 |
| Patron saint | Maria SS. Assunta. St. Hugh Abbot |
| Saint day | August 15 and 16 |
| Website | Official website |
Novara di Sicilia (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: Nuè; Sicilian: Nuvara) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) east of Palermo and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of Messina. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,606 and an area of 48.8 square kilometres (18.8 sq mi).
Novara di Sicilia borders the following municipalities: Fondachelli-Fantina, Francavilla di Sicilia, Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea, Rodì Milici, Tripi.
"Noa", a word of Sicani origin, means “maggese” to indicate the agricultural vocation of the zone. Under the Romans it changed in Novalia (grain field) and for the Arabs garden was Nouah (garden, flower). Other names used in the Middle Ages include: Nucaria, the Nuara, the Nucharia, Nugaria, Nutaria, Nocerai, Noara until the definitive transformation in Novara.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it remained under Byzantine hands until the Arab conquest of Sicily. The Sicilian emirate lost it in the 11th century, when it fell under control of the Normans, who populated the town people from Lombardy. The population, called Lombards of Sicily, indeed still speaks a distinctive dialect called Gallo-Italic of Sicily.
The village, nestled in the mountains overlooking ancient Tyndaris and Abacaenum and with notable views of the Aeolian Islands, is the archetype of a typical medieval town.
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