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  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Mayor of Sant'Agata de' Goti Carmine Valentino, 41, poses for a portrait in the Council Chamber of the town hall of Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “He made the American dream come true,” said Carmine Valentino, the<br />
mayor of Sant’Agata. “But he didn’t forget his roots. It’s a message of hope for us all.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2504.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Mayor of Sant'Agata de' Goti Carmine Valentino, 41, poses for a portrait in the Council Chamber of the town hall of Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “He made the American dream come true,” said Carmine Valentino, the<br />
mayor of Sant’Agata. “But he didn’t forget his roots. It’s a message of hope for us all.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2478.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Mayor of Sant'Agata de' Goti Carmine Valentino, 41, poses for a portrait in the Council Chamber of the town hall of Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “He made the American dream come true,” said Carmine Valentino, the<br />
mayor of Sant’Agata. “But he didn’t forget his roots. It’s a message of hope for us all.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2472.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: The bulletin board of the former movie theater displays a 2-meter<br />
high picture of the de Blasio family - Bill, Chirlaine, Chiara and Dante – dressed in short sleeves, taken in the summer of 2010,  the last time they visited Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2419.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Adele Mongillo, the sister-in-law Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio's uncle and closest relative in Italy, walks in her house in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “Billy was always a bright, attentive and affectionate boy,” Adele Mongillo said, sitting on her antique couch. “He is the right man at the right time.”<br />
“His love for this land comes from his grandfather,” she added. “He loved it here.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2338.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Adele Mongillo (center), the sister-in-law Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio's uncle and closest relative in Italy, together with Fausto Iannotta (left, 56) who did a research on the De Blasio's, and Roberta Mongillo (right, 37), sit on a couch looking at family pictures of the De Blasio's at her home in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “Billy was always a bright, attentive and affectionate boy,” Adele Mongillo said, sitting on her antique couch. “He is the right man at the right time.”<br />
“His love for this land comes from his grandfather,” she added. “He loved it here.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States. sits on her couch at her home in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “Billy was always a bright, attentive and affectionate boy,” Adele Mongillo said, sitting on her antique couch. “He is the right man at the right time.”<br />
“His love for this land comes from his grandfather,” she added. “He loved it here.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2275.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Adele Mongillo, the sister-in-law Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio's uncle and closest relative in Italy, holds a set of pictures shot during Mr De Blasio's last visit in the summer of 2010 in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2182.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: An Ape Piaggio (a three-wheeled light commercial vehicle) passes by the Mongillo's house, the closest family of Mayor Bill de Blasio in Italy, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2165.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Domenico Lingelli, the 33-years old owner of Bar Normanno, shows the freshly baked cake his father prepared and that they dedicate to the new mayor of New York, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. The sponge-cake - with white chocolate and hazelnut filling - has cocoa powder topping that spells out the mayor’s name on<br />
the cake top, with a skyline of Sant'Agata de' Goti. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2142.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Domenico Lingelli, the 33-years old owner of Bar Normanno, shows the freshly baked cake his father prepared and that they dedicate to the new mayor of New York, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. The sponge-cake - with white chocolate and hazelnut filling - has cocoa powder topping that spells out the mayor’s name on<br />
the cake top, with a skyline of Sant'Agata de' Goti. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2110.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: An employee of the General Register Office pulls out the birth certificates binder out of the archive to show the birth certificate of Giovanni De Blasio, grandfather of Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio, born in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2038.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013:  letter-size paper where Fausto Iannotta (56), an employee of the General Register Office, took notes for his research on the De Blasio family in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2014.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Fausto Iannotta (56) sits at his desk at the General Register Office where he did a research on the De Blasio family, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1995.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Fausto Iannotta (56) sits at his desk at the General Register Office where he did a research on the De Blasio family, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1936.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Pasquale Oropallo (70), a long-tim friend and neighbor of the De Blasios, remember them as generous people, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States. During World War II, the De Blasios hid their neighbors in their<br />
70-meter deep cellars to escape the German bombings. In 1953, after<br />
Giovanni De Blasio (Bill's grandfather) bought the first television in town, people used to gather in<br />
the de Blasio’s living room to watch it. Throughout the years,<br />
Giovanni used to send packages from the States to his brother, a<br />
priest, who distributed the goods around town.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1865.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: A woman hangs a Bill de Blasio campaign ad on the entrance door of the building that once belonged to the De Blasio family, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1851.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: A man rides his bike by a shop with a window plastered with a Bill de Blasio campaign ad a week after the election New York's new mayor, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1736.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: People walk by a building where an American flag hangs from its balcony a week after the election of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, in the historical center of Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1704.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: An American flag hangs from a balcony a week after the election of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1680.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: View of the medieval town of Sant'Agata de' Goti,  the town that New York Mayor<br />
Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1621.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: A support banner for Bill De Blasio hangs on the balcony of the town hall, in the historical center of Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2402.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Pictures and campaign ads of Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio are pasted on the window shop of Bar Normanno next to their house specialty "Cornetto Normanno" gelato, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2387.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Adele Mongillo, the sister-in-law Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio's uncle and closest relative in Italy, sits on her couch at her home in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “Billy was always a bright, attentive and affectionate boy,” Adele Mongillo said, sitting on her antique couch. “He is the right man at the right time.”<br />
“His love for this land comes from his grandfather,” she added. “He loved it here.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2220.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Adele Mongillo, the sister-in-law Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio's uncle and closest relative in Italy, holds a set of pictures shot during Mr De Blasio's last visit in the summer of 2010 in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2184.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: The birth certificate of Giovanni De Blasio, grandfather of Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio, born in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2064.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Articles and campaign ads of Bill de Blasio hang on a wall of the General Register Office, where Fausto Iannota (56) did a research on the De Blasio family, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2022.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Fausto Iannotta (56) sits at his desk at the General Register Office where he did a research on the De Blasio family, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1957.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Articles and campaign ads of Bill de Blasio hang on a wall of the General Register Office, where Fausto Iannota (56) did a research on the De Blasio family, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1928.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: The bulletin board of the former movie theater displays a 2-meter<br />
high picture of the de Blasio family - Bill, Chirlaine, Chiara and Dante – dressed in short sleeves, taken in the summer of 2010,  the last time they visited Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1838.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: The bulletin board of the former movie theater displays a 2-meter<br />
high picture of the de Blasio family - Bill, Chirlaine, Chiara and Dante – dressed in short sleeves, taken in the summer of 2010,  the last time they visited Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1823.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: A man walks by the town hall where a banner supporting Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio hangs from its balcony, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1790.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1659.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1655.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1639.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Luigi Maria Mongillo, the brother-in-law of Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio's uncle and closest relative in Italy, is here at his house in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “Billy was always a bright, attentive and affectionate boy,” Adele Mongillo said, sitting on her antique couch. “He is the right man at the right time.”<br />
“His love for this land comes from his grandfather,” she added. “He loved it here.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2377.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Adele Mongillo, the sister-in-law Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio's uncle and closest relative in Italy, is here at her house in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “Billy was always a bright, attentive and affectionate boy,” Adele Mongillo said, sitting on her antique couch. “He is the right man at the right time.”<br />
“His love for this land comes from his grandfather,” she added. “He loved it here.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2349.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Adele Mongillo, the sister-in-law Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio's uncle and closest relative in Italy, sits on her couch at her home in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. “Billy was always a bright, attentive and affectionate boy,” Adele Mongillo said, sitting on her antique couch. “He is the right man at the right time.”<br />
“His love for this land comes from his grandfather,” she added. “He loved it here.”<br />
<br />
Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2207.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Annamaria Buro (54), co-owner of Bar Normanno, is here behind the counter in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013.   Established in<br />
1945, Bar Normanno was the first stop where Giovanni de Blasio would bring his grandson Bill, now mayor of New York, when he would come back to his hometown from the United States. He would bring Bill de Blasio to eat the house specialty: the “Normangelo,” a cream gelato<br />
with a heart of sour black cherry and sponge-cake, covered with<br />
hazelnut chocolate.Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2082.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: An employee of the General Register Office pulls out the birth certificates binder out of the archive to show the birth certificate of Giovanni De Blasio, grandfather of Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio, born in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_2036.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: The house that once belonged to the De Blasio family (Mayor of New York Bill De Blasio's relatives) is here in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1906.jpg
  • SANT'AGATA DE' GOTI, ITALY - 13 November 2013: Pasquale Oropallo (70), a long-tim friend and neighbor of the De Blasios, remember them as generous people, in Sant'Agata de' Goti, Italy, on November 13th, 2013. Sant'Agata de' Goti is the town that Bill de Blasio’s maternal grandfather, Giovanni de Blasio, left over a<br />
hundred years ago for the United States. During World War II, the De Blasios hid their neighbors in their<br />
70-meter deep cellars to escape the German bombings. In 1953, after<br />
Giovanni De Blasio (Bill's grandfather) bought the first television in town, people used to gather in<br />
the de Blasio’s living room to watch it. Throughout the years,<br />
Giovanni used to send packages from the States to his brother, a<br />
priest, who distributed the goods around town.
    CIPG_20131113_NYT_DeBlasio__M3_1879.jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Men play cards at the Bar dello Sport, a 67 years old bar in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
    CIPG_20130804_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
    CIPG_20130804_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: A view of the Church of the Carmine from Corso Italia, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
    CIPG_20130804_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (R-L) Mario Italiano, 59, and Rosario Farina, a 78 years old emigrant who returned from Venezuela, are here on Mr Farina's terrace in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
    CIPG_20130803_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Men gather in Piazza Roma, the central square in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
    CIPG_20130803_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A statue of the Virgin Mary and Jesus with with silvers crowns restored thanks to donations of emigrants of San Pier Niceto, in the Church of the Carmine in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
    CIPG_20130803_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
    CIPG_20130803_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of Monte Scuderi from Contrada O Feo in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
    CIPG_20130803_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, is here in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
    CIPG_20130803_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
    CIPG_20130803_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
    CIPG_20130803_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A woman walks by the entrance of the 16th century Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
    CIPG_20130803_NYT_Travel_Sicily__5D3...jpg
  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (L-R) Alberto Italiano, 18, inspects an abandoned house in Via San Francesco di Paola in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Several houses in this neighborhood are abandoned after generations of inhabitants of San Pier Niceto emigrated towards the United States, Canada and Venezuela.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (L-R) Alberto Italiano, 18, and his father Mario Italiano, 59, inspect abandoned houses in Via San Francesco di Paola in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Several houses in this neighborhood are abandoned after generations of inhabitants of San Pier Niceto emigrated towards the United States, Canada and Venezuela.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Via San Francesco di Paola, a street in the "Quattro Facce" neighborhood(which translates as "Four Faces" because of the 4 streets that access the district) in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Several houses in this neighborhood are abandoned after generations of inhabitants of San Pier Niceto emigrated towards the United States, Canada and Venezuela.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: A woman walks by Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Faithfuls gather after a baptism at a Sunday mass at Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Faithfuls stay inside Saint Peter's church after mass in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Men play cards at the Bar dello Sport, a 67 years old bar in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: An elderly man reads the newspaper at the Bar dello Sport, a 67 years old bar in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Barbaro Previte (center), who claims to be the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandmother Anna Maria Previte, sits with his friends on a bench in Piazza Roma, the central square  in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A child plays with his kick scooter in Piazza Roma, the central square in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Pina and Santina chat after sunset at a doorstep in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Pina and Santina chat after sunset at a doorstep in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Residents of San Pier Niceto are here in the Belvedere of Largo XX Settembre in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of Saint Peter's church at sunset from in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of Monte Scuderi from Contrada O Feo in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, and his son Alberto, 18, are here in their car in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, is here in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, and his son Alberto, 18, are here in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Mario Italiano, 59, drives in Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A farmer feeds his goats in Contrada O' Feo in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of Monte Scuderi from Contrada O Feo in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A woman is here on her terrace by Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Peppino Catanese, 80, sits in front of Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Retired elementary school teacher Lucia Paone, 81, is here on her balcony in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Lucia Paone was born in San Piern Niceto and taught at the elementary school for 35 years. until 1990.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Alberto Italiano, 18, walks up the stairs towards Saint Peter's church in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A house in the "Quattro Facce" neighborhood in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A house in the "Quattro Facce" neighborhood in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A house in the "Quattro Facce" neighborhood in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Antonino Meo, 72, moved back to San Pier Niceto after living and working in Venezuela for 50 years, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Mr Meo's family emigrated to Venezuela in 1948.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Petranilla Meo, 92, talks with Mario Italiano about the originis of the house she is currently living in, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. According to mRs Meo, the previous owner of her house was Captain Sciotto, a relative of author Russel Shorto.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Rita Minuti, 55, is here by an undated columns in her property in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (L-R) Alberto Italiano, 18, and his father Mario Italiano, 59, walk in Via San Francesco di Paola in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Several houses in this neighborhood are abandoned after generations of inhabitants of San Pier Niceto emigrated towards the United States, Canada and Venezuela.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: (Top to bottom) Giovanni Bongiovanni, 80, and his sister Venera Bongiovanni, are here in the house where they were born, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Giovanni Bongiovanni moved back to San Pier Niceto after living his entire adult life in Piemonte, where he worked. "You can't forget the place you were born", said Giovanni Bongiovanni.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Alberto Italiano, 18, walks in the "Quattro facce" (which translates as "Four Faces") neighborhood, the heart of San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: A nun and a fathdul talk outside Saint Peter's church during a baptism in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Pina Certo (59), owner of the 67 years old Bar dello Sport, is here at the counter of in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.<br />
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Pina Certo and her husband Carmelo Nastasi took over the 30 years old business belonging to Pina's cousin in 1976.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 4 August 2013: Two men read the newspaper at the Bar dello Sport, a 67 years old bar in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 4th 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: A view of San Pier Niceto from the Contrada O' Feo, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Alberto Italiano, 18, is here in the car with his father Mario in Contrada O' Feo, above San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Francesco Sciotto (center), 78, who claims his father was the cousin of Russel Shorto's grandfather, is here by the "Bar Le Donne" while his friends play cards in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013: Rita Minuti, 55, is here by an undated columns in her property in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013.
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  • SAN PIER NICETO, ITALY - 3 August 2013:  Giovanni Bongiovanni, 80, is here in the house where he was born, in San Pier Niceto, in the province of Messina, Sicily, Italy, on August 3rd 2013. Giovanni Bongiovanni moved back to San Pier Niceto after living his entire adult life in Piemonte, where he worked. "You can't forget the place you were born", said Giovanni Bongiovanni.
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