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Pieve di Cento

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Country
  
Italy

Province / Metropolitan city
  
Bologna (BO)

Demonym(s)
  
Pievesi

Area
  
15.85 km²

Patron saint
  
Saint Joseph

Region
  
Emilia-Romagna

Elevation
  
18 m (59 ft)

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Province
  
Province of Bologna

Local time
  
Friday 7:24 PM

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Weather
  
21°C, Wind E at 16 km/h, 42% Humidity

Pieve di Cento (parish of Cento) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Bologna.

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Map of 40066 Pieve di Cento, Metropolitan City of Bologna, Italy

Seismic damage

Two major earthquakes struck the region of Emilia-Romagna in 2012, killing more than twenty people and leaving thousands homeless. The first tremor struck early in the morning of 20 May; two further serious aftershocks struck several hours later, and again nine days later, causing widespread damage particularly to buildings already weakened by earlier seismic forces.

In Pieve di Cento, the shaking collapsed the cupola of the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, showering debris into the nave and threatening 17th-century masterpieces by Guercino, Guido Reni and Lavinia Fontana, and exposing them to the elements.

Cardinal Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture and responsible for conserving the cultural patrimony of the Holy See, visited the area to draw attention to the plight of the survivors and tweeted his prayer message accompanied by a striking photo of the serene intact faces of the Madonnina di Pieve di Cento a weakened plaster-cast effigy of the child Jesus in his mother's arms.

References

Pieve di Cento Wikipedia