Cento

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For other uses, see Cento (disambiguation).
Comune di Cento
Coat of arms of Comune di Cento
Municipal coat of arms

Location of Cento in Italy
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Emilia-Romagna
Province Ferrara (FE)
Mayor Flavio Tuzet (since June 2006)
Elevation 15 m (49 ft)
Area 64 km² (24.7 sq mi)
Population (as of 2007-05-31)
 - Total 33.271
 - Density 1/km² (3/sq mi)
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 44°44′N 11°17′E / 44.733, 11.283
Gentilic Centesi
Dialing code 051
Postal code 44042
Frazioni Renazzo, Corporeno, XII Morelli, Alberone, Casumaro, Reno Centese, Buonacompra
Patron St. Blaise Bishop and Martyr
 - Day February 3
Website: www.comune.cento.fe.it

Cento is a city and commune in the province of Ferrara, part of the region Emilia-Romagna (northern Italy).

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History

The name Cento is a reference to the centuriation of the Po Valley. Cento's growth from its origin as a little fishing village in the marshes to an established farming town took place in the first few centuries in the second millennium.

The Bishop of Bologna and the Abbot of Nonantola established the Partecipanza Agraria, an institution in which land would perpetually be redistributed every twenty years among the male heirs of the families who constituted the initial core of the community in the 12th century. [1]

In 1502 Pope Alexander VI took it away from the dominion of the Bishop of Bologna and made it part of the dowry of his daughter Lucrezia Borgia, betrothed to Duke Alfonso I d'Este and was later returned to the Papal States in 1598.

Main sights

  • Palazzo del Monte di Pietà (18th century), housing the Civic Gallery. It has paintings by the local artist Guercino. The latter's works can be seen also in the Basilica Collegiata San Biagio, Santa Maria dei Servi, the church of the Rosary, also designed by him, and, in the frazione of Corporeno, the 14th century church of San Giorgio.
  • The Rocca (Castle), a massive square building with square towers. Built in 1378 by the bishop of Bologna, it was enlarged by Giulio della Rovere, the future pope Julius II, in 1460.
  • Palazzo del Governatore (Governor's Palace, 1502). It is home to the Galleria di Arte Moderna Aroldo Bonzagni.
  • Porta Pieve (14th century), the sole gate survived of the four once existing.

Culture

Cento is the European's city of Carnival and it is twinned with Rio carnival.

Twin towns


Notes

  1. ^ Statute of Partecipanza Agraria (Italian)

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