CARNEVALE DI CENTO

One hundred

Cento, a famous town in the province of Ferrara, is located between Bologna and Ferrara; covers an area of ??64 square kilometers (Km2) and houses approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The area was formerly covered by shrimp-rich waters (for which a crustacean is present in the coat of arms) but thanks to an intense Today, it has been possible to make fertile and productive land so far as to make agricultural activity appear to be the flagship of the city of Ferrara. Numerous are the manifestations that celebrate the centrality of this activity as, during the festivals or on religious occasions, you always have the opportunity to taste gourmet delicacies and handicrafts. Because the city in question is called Cento is a bit of a mystery, or rather, you formulate various hypotheses The first hypothesis is that the name is of Longobard origin, deriving precisely from chain, a term indicating an area under which the "Centenary" jurisdiction was exercised, a a kind of judge who depended on the duke of persiceta.The second hypothesis is that Cento was a Roman colony and settlers would have been assigned a portion of 100 iugeri, from which the term "Centum." The third and most acclaimed hypothesis is the one that sees " Centum ", referring to the use of the territory, in Roman times, in" Centurie Agrimensorie ", because subsequently the name" Centum "was approached" Gambarium "in such a way as to highlight the shrimp fishing that was the most practiced in those times; activity, from which, the crusty symbol of the city will emerge. In 1185 the territory was placed under the authority of the Bishop of Bologna until 1502, when Pope Alexander VI signed the territory of the bishop of Bologna to assign it in the hands of his daughter Lucrezia Borgia, who was destined to marry the duke of Ferrara Alfonso d'Este. The territory did not stay long under the Esteban duchy, since it was devolved to the State of the Church in 1598, when, one of his more famous and famous citizens: Gian Francesco Barbieri said and best known with the name "Guercino". Century became a city in 1754, when, Pope Benedict XIV, decided to elevate that territory to the rank of City. Later, and precisely in 1796, the city was occupied by the French army and spoiled for its most important works, including many works by Guercino. The following year, in 1797, Cento was declared the capital of the department of the Upper Padua and was ready to give birth to the famous Ugo Bassi, patriotic priest, who will die under the shots of an Austrian platoon. , was linked to a nascent provisional government that was established in Bologna in 1831; provisional as the Austrians returned to occupy one hundred and bring the centenary area under the pontifical rule. In 1860, after joining the war against Austria, the centis declared themselves to the Sabaudo Kingdom for annexation and for a few years, and with precision until 1929, the situation remained stable. In that year, however, a decree was issued that rectified the boundaries between the Communes of Cento and Pieve di Cento with the consequence that the latter would have passed under the province of Bologna. For many centuries, and in any case still today very important, agricultural activity was the predominant activity of the territory, mainly characterized by the development of hemp culture. The existence of a canal, the Cento Canal, favored the development of the centenary economy as it allowed the establishment of important commercial traffic that, after the war, would become the driving force behind the economy itself.

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