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Cento
Birthplace of Guercino
North of Bologna, the Reno River divides the twin towns of Cento and Pieve di Cento. A role as a border town established since the Middle Ages made this a double settlement; even today Cento is in Ferrara province, Pieve di Cento in Bologna’s.
Cento is largely creation of the medieval Bishops of Bologna, who oversaw the draining and settling of the land. To protect it they built the 14th-century Rocca di Cento, which is now used for exhibitions and concerts in season. In 1502 Pope Alexander VI included the town in the dowry of his daughter, Lucrezia Borgia, when she married Duke Alfonso of Ferrara.
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Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Images by Alice.grussu, Marunzén, Creative Commons Licence, Renato Baruffaldi