ARGENTA, province of Ferrara, Emilia, Italy, 25m. S. of Ravenna by rail, 13 ft. above sea-level. Pop. (1931) town, 5,335; commune, 25,719. It has some interesting mediaeval and Renais sance buildings and churches, and a good picture gallery.
See A. Beltramelli, Da Comacchio ad Argenta (Bergamo, Arti Grafiche, 1905).