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Encyclopedia Britannica



CENTO

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 674 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAU-CHA
CENTO , a town of
Emilia
 ,
Italy
 , in the province of Ferrara, 18 m. S.E.
direct
  from the town of Ferrara; 50 ft. above sea-level; it is reached by road (6 m. to the W.) from the station of S. Pietro in Casale, 15 m. S.W. by W. of Ferrara, and also by a steam
tramway
  (18 m. N.) from Bologna to Pieve di Cento, on the opposite bank of the Reno. Pop. (Igor) 4307 (town), 19,078 (
commune
 ). It is connected by a navigable canal with Ferrara. It was the birthplace of the painter Giovanni
Francesco
 
Barbieri
  (Guercino). The communal picture-gallery a'nd several churches contain works by him, but none of first-
rate
  importance. A statue of him stands in front of the 16th
century
  Palazzo Governativo. The town was surrounded by walls, the
gates
  of which are preserved. The origin of the name is uncertain.


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