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June 21, 2003

Sciacca Usher, Sciacca, Italy, 1995

Photograph by William Albert Allard

"Little man in a big world, eight-year-old Calogero Amoroso shows off his double-breasted best for a wedding in Sciacca. Once known for its large families, Italy now has the industrialized world's lowest birthrate. Sicily's rate, though higher than that of the nation as a whole, has fallen by almost half since 1950. Sicilian women today have an average of 1.7 children."

—From "Sicily: Italy Apart," August 1995, National Geographic magazine