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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 674 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CENTO  , a

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town of
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Emilia,
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Italy, in the
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province of
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Ferrara, 18 m . S.E.
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direct from the town of Ferrara; 50 ft. above
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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
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steam
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tramway (18 m . N.) from
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Bologna to Pieve di Cento, on the opposite
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bank of the
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Reno . Pop . (Igor) 4307 (town), 19,078 (
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commune) . It is connected by a navigable
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canal with Ferrara . It was the birthplace of the painter Giovanni
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Francesco
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Barbieri (Guercino) . The communal picture-
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gallery a'nd several churches contain
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works by him, but none of first-
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rate importance . A statue of him stands in front of the 16th
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century Palazzo Governativo . The town was surrounded by walls, the
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gates of which are preserved .

The origin of the name is uncertain .

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