Sister Cities of the World

Sister cities of Cosenza

Cosenza  listen  is a city located at the confluence of two historic rivers, the Busento and the Crathis, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The municipality has a population of around 70,000. The urban area, however, counts over 260,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the homonymous Province of Cosenza, which has a population of around 733,000.

The ancient town is the seat of the Cosentian Academy, the second academy of philosophical and literary studies to be founded in the old Kingdom of Sicily (1511) and one of the oldest in Europe. To this day, the city remains a cultural hub with several museums, theatres, libraries and the University of Calabria.

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