Santa Maria Maddalena is a

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church located on Via Matteotti in

Cento Cento (; Bolognese dialect, Northern Bolognese: ; Bolognese dialect, City Bolognese: ; Bolognese dialect, Centese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The name Cento is a reference to the centur ...

, Region of

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History

The church has an octagonal layout, and was once adjacent to a monastery of Augustinian nuns. The facade was erected in 1661–1662. The main altar has a canvas depicting the ''Penitent Magdalen'' by

Cesare Gennari Cesare Gennari (12 December 1637 – 11 February 1688) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. His ''Saint Mary Magdalene'' is in the Pinacoteca Civica di Cento. His ''Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Nicholas of Bari'' is at the Pinacotec ...

. The side chapels have lateral chapels with a painting depicting "Santa Teresa d’Avila'' and ''Sant’Apollonia" by Benedetto Gennari junior and an 18th-century statue of the "Madonna di Loreto".Comune of Cento
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References

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