Pieve di Cento (Pieve di Cento)
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The origins of the town date back to the upper medieval period, whereby a town was established around the local church, which had the title of "Pieve". In fact, Pieve di Cento had the only church with a baptistery in its rural area, still known as Centopievese, until 1378. This meant that all the other churches nearby were under its jurisdiction. The Pieve is the current Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, which received its title in the Middle Ages and retained the title even with the closure of its Chapter ordered by the Council of Trent.
In 1376, by a decree of the then Bishop of Bologna Bernardo de Bonneville, who was also a native of the area, the "Pieve" became known as Pieve Di Cento. This was also to be distinguished from the neighbouring town of Cento, which was given its right to build a baptistery in 1378 in its main church, the Collegiate Church of San Biagio.
In 1502, the town passed from the control of Bologna to the rule of the Este house in Ferrara, at the extinction of which, in 1598, it became part of the Papal States, where it remained until the Unification of Italy, save for a short occupation by France during the Napoleonic Wars, which saw the suppression of many religious institutions and the expropriation of one-third of the artistic patrimony, which was taken to France.
Upon the formation of the Kingdom of Italy, it was aggregated to the Province of Ferrara, where it remained until 1929, when it was aggregated to the Province of Bologna.
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| EUR | Euro | € | 2 |
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| CA | Catalan language |
| CO | Corsican language |
| FR | French language |
| DE | German language |
| IT | Italian language |
| SC | Sardinian language |
| SL | Slovene language |