function populate_provinces( country_value, province_select_object )
		{
			province_matrix = new Array(
				new Array( '15','73','Agrigento (AG)' ),
				new Array( '10','50','Ancona (AN)' ),
				new Array( '10','51','Ascoli Piceno (AP)' ),
				new Array( '12','57','Asti (AT)' ),
				new Array( '4','12','Avellino (AV)' ),
				new Array( '13','64','Bari (BA)' ),
				new Array( '19','95','Belluno (BL)' ),
				new Array( '4','13','Benevento (BN)' ),
				new Array( '9','39','Bergamo (BG)' ),
				new Array( '17','92','Bolzano (BZ)' ),
				new Array( '9','40','Brescia (BS)' ),
				new Array( '13','65','Brindisi (BR)' ),
				new Array( '15','74','Caltanissetta (CL)' ),
				new Array( '4','14','Caserta (CE)' ),
				new Array( '15','75','Catania (CT)' ),
				new Array( '1','2','Chieti (CH)' ),
				new Array( '9','41','Como (CO)' ),
				new Array( '3','7','Cosenza (CS)' ),
				new Array( '12','59','Cuneo (CN)' ),
				new Array( '15','76','Enna (EN)' ),
				new Array( '5','18','Ferrara (FE)' ),
				new Array( '16','83','Firenze (FI)' ),
				new Array( '13','66','Foggia (FG)' ),
				new Array( '5','19','Forli\' - Cesena (FC)' ),
				new Array( '7','30','Frosinone (FR)' ),
				new Array( '8','35','Genova (GE)' ),
				new Array( '16','84','Grosseto (GR)' ),
				new Array( '11','55','Isernia (IS)' ),
				new Array( '1','104','L\'Aquila (AQ)' ),
				new Array( '8','37','La Spezia (SP)' ),
				new Array( '7','31','Latina (LT)' ),
				new Array( '9','43','Lecco (LC)' ),
				new Array( '16','85','Livorno (LI)' ),
				new Array( '9','44','Lodi (LO)' ),
				new Array( '16','86','Lucca (LU)' ),
				new Array( '10','52','Macerata (MC)' ),
				new Array( '9','46','Mantova (MN)' ),
				new Array( '15','77','Messina (ME)' ),
				new Array( '9','45','Milano (MI)' ),
				new Array( '5','20','Modena (MO)' ),
				new Array( '4','15','Napoli (NA)' ),
				new Array( '12','60','Novara (NO)' ),
				new Array( '19','96','Padova (PD)' ),
				new Array( '15','78','Palermo (PA)' ),
				new Array( '5','22','Parma (PR)' ),
				new Array( '9','47','Pavia (PV)' ),
				new Array( '20','102','Perugia (PG)' ),
				new Array( '10','53','Pesaro-Urbino (PU)' ),
				new Array( '1','3','Pescara (PE)' ),
				new Array( '5','21','Piacenza (PC)' ),
				new Array( '16','88','Pisa (PI)' ),
				new Array( '6','27','Pordenone (PN)' ),
				new Array( '15','79','Ragusa (RG)' ),
				new Array( '5','23','Ravenna (RA)' ),
				new Array( '3','10','Reggio Calabria (RC)' ),
				new Array( '5','24','Reggio Emilia (RE)' ),
				new Array( '7','32','Rieti (RI)' ),
				new Array( '5','25','Rimini (RN)' ),
				new Array( '7','33','Roma (RM)' ),
				new Array( '19','97','Rovigo (RO)' ),
				new Array( '4','16','Salerno (SA)' ),
				new Array( '8','38','Savona (SV)' ),
				new Array( '15','80','Siracusa (SR)' ),
				new Array( '13','68','Taranto (TA)' ),
				new Array( '1','4','Teramo (TE)' ),
				new Array( '12','61','Torino (TO)' ),
				new Array( '15','81','Trapani (TP)' ),
				new Array( '17','93','Trento (TN)' ),
				new Array( '19','98','Treviso (TV)' ),
				new Array( '6','29','Udine (UD)' ),
				new Array( '19','99','Venezia (VE)' ),
				new Array( '12','63','Vercelli (VC)' ),
				new Array( '19','101','Verona (VR)' ),
				new Array( '19','100','Vicenza (VI)' ),
				new Array( '7','34','Viterbo (VT)' )
      );

			province_select_object.length = 0;
			addNext = 0;
			var newOption = new Option('...Selezionare...','');
			province_select_object.options[addNext] = newOption;
			addNext++;

			for( i=0; i < province_matrix.length; i++ )
			{
				if(province_matrix[i][0] == country_value)
				{
					var newOption = new Option(province_matrix[i][2],province_matrix[i][1]);
					province_select_object.options[addNext] = newOption;
					addNext++;
				}
			}
		}