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Mussolini's agricultural reforms left an abandoned village in Sicily.
Borgo Schiro is an abandoned village in Sicily that was named after a local hero, Schiro. The village lies on a small rise and overlooks the surrounding fields. Borgo Schiro was built during the time the Italian dictator Mussolini controlled the area and was part of the agricultural reforms instituted by his government to stem the tide of people emigrating from Sicily. Mussolini believed that if the amenities of a city such as schools, hospitals. and entertainment could be made available in the countryside, the local population would choose to remain and work the surrounding land thereby increasing agricultural production.
