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  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: (R-L) LGBTQ+ activist Marco Marras (24) walks on stage to protest against Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy), at the start of her rally in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni is the leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month. Ms Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Lucia Loddo (55), a supporter of the political party Fratelli d'Italia, is seen here at a rally by Giorgia Meloni (45), the party leader and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Volunteers of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) prepare party flags before a rally with leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Anna Mulas (100) is seen here in her house in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
<br />
Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
<br />
The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: A town hall employee checks the birth dates and ages of the oldest citizens of Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
<br />
Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
<br />
The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
    CIPG_20220610_NYT-Centenarians_A7IV-...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Puzzles made by biologist Debora Parracciani (52) during her free time are seen here at Parco Genos, a research center and lab that guards the DNA samples of approximately 13,000 people living in the area, as part of a project set up 20 years ago to study the longevity of Sardinians particularly in Ogliastra and Barbagia, in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022. The company SharDna, which was responsible for sequencing the blood of 13,000 donors, went bankrupt and had been bought at auction by the British company Tiziana Life. However, the Italian Privacy Guarantor had blocked everything by sanctioning that the that the ownership lies with the Dna donors themselves.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
    CIPG_20220610_NYT-Centenarians_A7IV-...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: great-grandchildren of centenarians pose for a portraits here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
<br />
The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A gate of the Salto di Quirra, a restricted weapons testing range and rocket launching site in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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In 2011, the results of a series of investigations established a statistically significant coincidence between malformations in animals and tumors in shepherds in the area. Among the hypothesized causes were bullets containing depleted uranium used for weapons testing at the range.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
    CIPG_20220609_NYT-Centenarians_A7IV-...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Giacomo Mameli, an 81-year old writer who wrote a book about a local centenaeian who esaped a concentration camp in World War II, is seen here in the countryside of Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
    CIPG_20220609_NYT-Centenarians_A7IV-...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A plaque for Piazza Longevità - or Longevity Square - dedicated to Consolata Melis, who died two months short of 108 years old back in 2015, is seen here here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
<br />
The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
    CIPG_20220609_NYT-Centenarians_A7IV-...jpg
  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, poses for a portrait in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
<br />
The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
    CIPG_20220609_NYT-Centenarians_A7IV-...jpg
  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: The room in which Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, sleeps with his son-in-law is seen here in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
<br />
The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
    CIPG_20220609_NYT-Centenarians_A7IV-...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, steps off stage after a rally in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, takes a selfie with supporter after her rally in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
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Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) listen to the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, during a rally in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by leader Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Volunteers of Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) prepare party flags before a rally with leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: A stage is set for a political rally with Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, here in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: The road to Seulo, in the Barbagia region, is seen here in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Murgia (55) walks by a mural of Antonia Boi, who passed away in 2018 at the age of 102 years old, here in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Luigi Carta (99), Fausto Murgia (91) and Antonello Lai (91) are seen here relaxing on a bench in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Maria Murgia (89) and Consuelo Melis (30) are seen here as they go for a walk together in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Maria Murgia (89) and Consuelo Melis (30) are seen here as they go for a walk together in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
<br />
Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Anna Mulas (100) is seen here in her house in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Anna Mulas (100) is seen here in her house in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
<br />
Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: A detail of the hand of Anna Mulas (100) is seen here in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Murgia (55), mayor of Seulo, greets his elementary school teacher in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Portraits of centenarians are seen here in a local museum in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Murgia (55), mayor of Seulo, shows a historic birth register at the town hall in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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Seulo claims to have a higher concentration of centenarians than Perdasdefogu, who recently entered the World Guinnes Record. As a matter of fact, Seulo has five centenarians in a population of 800 - or 0.62 percent per capita - against the 0.449 percent per capita of Perdasdefogu.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
<br />
Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: A man is seen here walking back to his truck with water containers filled ata fountain at the entrance of Seulo, a village in Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • SEULO, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: in Seulo, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: The lab of Parco Genos, a research center and lab that guards the DNA samples of approximately 13,000 people living in the area, as part of a project set up 20 years ago to study the longevity of Sardinians particularly in Ogliastra and Barbagia, here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022. The company SharDna, which was responsible for sequencing the blood of 13,000 donors, went bankrupt and had been bought at auction by the British company Tiziana Life. However, the Italian Privacy Guarantor had blocked everything by sanctioning that the that the ownership lies with the Dna donors themselves.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: The room under seizure at the lab of Parco Genos, a research center and lab that guards the DNA samples of approximately 13,000 people living in the area, as part of a project set up 20 years ago to study the longevity of Sardinians particularly in Ogliastra and Barbagia, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022. The company SharDna, which was responsible for sequencing the blood of 13,000 donors, went bankrupt and had been bought at auction by the British company Tiziana Life. However, the Italian Privacy Guarantor had blocked everything by sanctioning that the that the ownership lies with the Dna donors themselves.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Biologist Debora Parracciani (52) shows her genomic DNA in the lab of Parco Genos, a research center and lab that guards the DNA samples of approximately 13,000 people living in the area, as part of a project set up 20 years ago to study the longevity of Sardinians particularly in Ogliastra and Barbagia, here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022. The company SharDna, which was responsible for sequencing the blood of 13,000 donors, went bankrupt and had been bought at auction by the British company Tiziana Life. However, the Italian Privacy Guarantor had blocked everything by sanctioning that the that the ownership lies with the Dna donors themselves.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Mura (63), the local historian who submitted the application to the Guinness World Record and works at the Quirra testing ground, poses for a portrait in the cafe belonging to the Melis siblings, who in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth with a combined age at the time of 818 in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Salvatore Mura (63), the local historian who submitted the application to the Guinness World Record and works at the Quirra testing ground, poses for a portrait in the cafe belonging to the Melis siblings, who in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth with a combined age at the time of 818 in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A plaque for Piazza Longevità - or Longevity Square - dedicated to Consolata Melis, who died two months short of 108 years old back in 2015, is seen here here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Bonino Lai (102) poses for a portrait in his home in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (R-L) Bonino Lai (102) and his daughter Monica Lai (51) are seen here in their home in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: (R-L) Salvatore Mura (63), the local historian who submitted the application to the Guinness World Record and works at the Quirra testing ground, Bonino Lai (102) and his daughter Monica Lai (51) are seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Adolfo Melis (98), one of the siblings of the Melis family which in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818 for a total of nine brothers and sisters, is seen here preparing an espresso in his family cafe in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: Adolfo Melis (98), one of the siblings of the Melis family which in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818 for a total of nine brothers and sisters, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 10 JUNE 2022: The entrance to the Parco Genos, a research center and lab that guards the DNA samples of approximately 13,000 people living in the area, as part of a project set up 20 years ago to study the longevity of Sardinians particularly in Ogliastra and Barbagia, here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 10th 2022. The company SharDna, which was responsible for sequencing the blood of 13,000 donors, went bankrupt and had been bought at auction by the British company Tiziana Life. However, the Italian Privacy Guarantor had blocked everything by sanctioning that the that the ownership lies with the Dna donors themselves.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Alessio Vittorio Lai (16) and Gabriele Pastrello (16), respectively the great-grandchildren of centenarians Vittorio Lai (100) and Bonino Lai (102) pose for a portrait here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) is seen here in her house, in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) looks outside her window as visitors leave her house, in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) waves to her son as he walks aways, in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) poses for a portrait in her house in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A view of Perdasdegofu, the town with the highest concentration of centenarians,  in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A photograph of Annunziata Stori (now 100) together with here brother is in her house in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) is seen here as she prepares fregola  - or fregula, a type of Sardinian pasta - here in her house in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Annunziata Stori (100) is seen here as she prepares fregola  - or fregula, a type of Sardinian pasta - here in her house in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A man is seen here cleaning his vineyard in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A man is seen here cleaning his vineyard next to a sign referring to the Guinness World Record set in 2012 by the Melis family as the oldest living siblings (a combined age of 818 back at the time), here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Giacomo Mameli, an 81-year old writer who wrote a book about a local centenaeian who esaped a concentration camp in World War II, is seen here in the countryside of Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: The interior of the cafe owned by one of the Melis siblings, who in 2012 entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth with a combined age at the time of 818, is seen here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Vittorio Lai, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, greets a passer-by in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Vittorio Lai, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, poses for a portrait in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Vittorio Lai, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday, poses for a portrait in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A photograph of centenarian Maria Brundu is seen here as part of an urban installation project in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A view of Piazza Longevità - or Longevity Square - dedicated to Consolata Melis, who died two months short of 108 years old back in 2015, here in Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A sign referring to the Guinness World Record set in 2012 by the Melis family as the oldest living siblings (a combined age of 818 back at the time) is seen here at the entrance of Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu,  his grandson Antonio Atzen (55), his daughter Beatrice Brundu (76) and his great-grandaughter Francesca Atzeni (26) pose for a portrait in Monserrato, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, his great-grandaughter Francesca Atzeni (26) and his daughter Beatrice Brundu (76) pose for a portrait in Monserrato, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, is seen here picking a photograph of his deceased wife in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, is seen here with his daughter Beatrice Brundu (76) and his great-grandaughter Francesca Atzeni (26) in his daughter's living room in Monserrato, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: (L-R) Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, is seen here with his daughter Beatrice Brundu (76) and his great-grandaughter Francesca Atzeni (26) in his daughter's living room in Monserrato, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: A recent photograph of Antonio Brundu, the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, celebrating his 104th birthday, is seen here in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Francesca Atzeni (26, center) opens a tray of desserts in the living room, in front of her grandmother Beatrice Brundu (76, right) and her great-grandfather Antonio Brundu (104, left) in their home in Monserrato, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Beatrice Brundu (76) shows pictures of her deceased relatives here in her house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Pictures of a young Antonio Brundu (104), today the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, his deceased wife and deceased 18 months old son, are seen here in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Beatrice Brundu (76) shows newspapers reporting the news of the Guinness World Record of the largest population of centenarians achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, and of the dispute with the town of Seulo, which claims to have a higher concentration, in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, is seen here in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, is seen here in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: (R-L) Beatrice Brundu (76) unbutton the shirt of her 104 years old father Antonio Brundu, here in her living room in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
    CIPG_20220609_NYT-Centenarians_A7IV-...jpg
  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, is seen here in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
    CIPG_20220609_NYT-Centenarians_A7IV-...jpg
  • MONSERRATO, ITALY - 9 JUNE 2022: Antonio Brundu (104), the oldest living citizen of Perdasdefogu, is seen here in his daughter's house in Monserrato, Sardinia, Italy, on June 9th 2022.<br />
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The World Guinness Record of the largest concentration of centenarians - 0.449 percent per capita - was achieved by the town of Perdasdefogu, in the island of Sardinia, Italy, in April 2022. At the time the record was set, there were 8 centenarians in a population of 1,778.<br />
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Sardinia has been identified as one of five regions in the world that have high concentrations of people over 100 years old: a total of 534 people across or 33.6 for every 100,000 inhabitants. But Perdasdefogu is unique because the number of centenarians in a town of its size is 16 times the national average.<br />
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Perdasdefogu shot to fame in 2012 when the Melis family, made up of nine brothers and sisters, entered the Guinness World Records as the oldest living siblings on Earth, with a combined age at the time of 818. The town’s longest-surviving citizen to date is Consolata Melis, the eldest of the siblings, who died in 2015, two months short of 108 years old. Antonio Brundu, who turned 104 in March, is the current oldest resident.
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  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, poses for a portrait in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
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The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
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Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
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  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
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Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
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Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: An activist is arrested by law enforcement agents for interrupting a rally by Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Supporters of the political party Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) attend a rally by the party leader Giorgia Meloni (45), the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
  • CAGLIARI, ITALY - 2 SEPTEMBER 2022: Giorgia Meloni (45), leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party and the leading candidate to become Italy’s next prime minister later this month, rallies in Cagliari, Italy, on September 2nd 2022.<br />
<br />
Giorgia Meloni,  whose campaign slogan is “Ready,”  could also become the first head of a hard right party descended from post-Fascism to lead the country, and a major Western European nation, since the end of the Second World War.<br />
<br />
The likely prospect of Ms. Meloni and her coalition partners Silvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister, and Matteo Salvini, the former darling of the hard right, running the country has terrified a European establishment wary of their mishandling billions of euros in recovery funds, imposing protectionism, eroding norms and detonating a nationalist bomb from within the heart of the Europe Union.<br />
<br />
Ms. Meloni's wave seemed to have crested out of nowhere, growing from four percent in 2018 to 25 percent in the polls of the 2022 elections.
    CIPG_20220902_NYT-Meloni-Sardinia_A7...jpg
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