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Italians were among the earliest immigrants along with the French and
Spanish settlers who founded the city. Italian immigration was steady
creating a core population that mixed well with the Spanish and French
Creoles.
A huge wave of Sicilian immigrants arrived around 1900 creating a Little Sicily in the French quarter.
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