A pasture with sheep in Sicily, Italy
A Veiled Actress
Drying linen flaps in the wind
Man sitting outside of a cafe
Two men and a boy outside a wedding in Sciacca
Women gather the watch Italy's World Cup soccer team
A stalk is reflected in the window at Vucciria marketplace
The ruins of the Greek Temple of Hera
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Sicily AgricultureHaunted by its reputation as poor, rural, and beholden to the Mafia, Sicily insists that change has arrived. True, one Sicilian in five is out of work. And true, the island remains Italy's most agricultural region, where pastori still graze their flocks. But the torch of law has singed the Mafia's empire … Sicily looks toward the resolution of a bitter drama generations in the making. —From "Italy Apart—Sicily," August 1995, National Geographic magazine
Photograph by William Albert Allard

Sicily, Italy

See photos of Sicily, Italy, in this photo gallery from National Geographic.

November 05, 2009

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