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{{short description|City in Calabria, Italy}}
{{Other uses|Cosenza (surname)}}
{{Infobox Italian comune
| name                = Cosenza
| official_name       = Città di Cosenza
| native_name         = ''Cusenza'' ([[Languages of Calabria|Calabrian]])
| image_skyline       = File:Cosenza-panorama-da-portapiana-al-tramonto.jpg
| image_caption       = View of the modern city
| image_shield        = Cosenza-Stemma.svg
| image_map           = Map of comune of Cosenza (province of Cosenza, region Calabria, Italy).svg
| map_caption         = Cosenza within the province of Cosenza
| pushpin_label_position = 
| coordinates         = {{coord|39|18|N|16|15|E|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = 
| region              = [[Calabria]]
| province            = [[Province of Cosenza|Cosenza]] (CS)
| frazioni            = Donnici, Sant'Ippolito, Borgo Partenope, Muoio
| mayor_party         = 
| mayor               = Franz Caruso ([[Italian Socialist Party (2007)|PSI]])
| area_footnotes      = 
| area_total_km2      = 37
| population_total    = 67563
| population_urban    = 200257
| population_as_of    = 28 December 2020
| population_demonym  = Cosentians ({{langx|it|cosentini}})
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m         = 238
| saint               = [[Our Lady of the Pillar]]
| day                 = 12 February
| postal_code         = 87100
| area_code           = 0984
| website             = {{official website|http://www.comune.cosenza.it/}}
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Cosenza''' ({{IPA|it|koˈzɛntsa|lang|It-Cosenza.ogg}}; [[Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian)|Cosentian]]: ''Cusenza'', {{IPA|nap|kuˈsɛndza|}}) is a city located in [[Calabria]], Italy. The [[city centre]] has a population of approximately 70,000, while the [[urban area]] counts more than 250,000 inhabitants.<ref>taken from "Annuario statistico italiano 2008" {{ISBN|978-88-458-1595-9}}</ref> It is the capital of the [[province of Cosenza]], which has a population of more than 700,000.

The ancient town is the seat of the [[Cosentian Academy]], one of the oldest academies of philosophical and literary studies in Italy and [[Europe]]. To this day, Cosenza remains a cultural hub, with several museums, monuments, theatres and libraries. The modern city is the centre of an urban agglomeration including, among others, the municipality of [[Rende]], where the [[University of Calabria]] is located.

== Geography ==
[[File:Cosenza20231.jpg|thumb|left|View of the old town]]
[[File:Piazza XI Settembre 2016- Cosenza.jpg|thumb|left|Piazza XI Settembre in the snow]]

Situated at the confluence of two historical rivers, the [[Busento]] and the [[Crati]], Cosenza stands 238&nbsp;m [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]] in a valley between the [[La Sila|Sila]] and the coastal range of mountains. The old town, overshadowed by its Swabian castle, descends to the river Crati. The modern city lies to the north, beyond the Busento, on level ground.

Almost completely surrounded by mountains, Cosenza is subject to a microclimate scarcely influenced by the effects of the Mediterranean Sea. It experiences cold winters and hot summers.

== History ==

=== Origins ===
The ancient '''Consentia''' ({{langx|grc|Κωσεντία}}),<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.1.5 Strabo, Geography, §6.1.5]</ref> capital of the Italic tribe of the [[Bruttii|Brettii]], was a bulwark of the [[Italic people]] against the [[Hellenic civilization|Hellenic]] influences of the Ionian colonies. It was in this province that the [[Battle of Pandosia]] was fought, in which a small Italic army composed of Brettii and [[Lucanians]] defeated the uncle of [[Alexander the Great]], who was known as [[Alexander of Epirus]]. Over the centuries, Cosenza maintained a distinctive character, that marked it out among the cities of the region. Under Emperor [[Augustus]], it became an important stopover on the Roman route [[via Popilia]], which connected Calabria to [[Sicily]]. During the Roman Empire, the town benefited from municipal privileges.

=== Alaric's legendary tomb ===
[[File:Cosenza20237.jpg|thumb|left|Monument to Alaric I]]

In 410 AD, [[Alaric I]], king of the [[Visigoths]], [[Sack of Rome (410)|sacked the city of Rome]], becoming the first foreign enemy to capture the city in more than 800 years. Alaric amassed a great amount of treasure during his conquest of Rome. According to the historian [[Jordanes]],<ref>Jordanes, ''De origine actibusque Getarum'' (551), taken up by [[Edward Gibbon]], ''Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'', chapter 31.</ref> after sacking Rome Alaric headed south with his troops, advancing easily until reaching the area of Cosenza, where he died. No one is certain how this happened: Some believe he contracted a disease that took his life, while others feel that his death came from an attack by enemy forces. In any case, his troops honored their king by burying him in a tomb in Cosenza. His burial place is said to have been at the confluence of the [[Busento]] and [[Crati|Crathis]] rivers. A horde of slaves were used to divert the water from the Busento, allowing them to dig a tomb large enough for Alaric, his horse, and all of the treasure amassed from his conquests in Rome. Once the tomb was completed, the river was returned to its bed and the tomb covered with water. Then, to ensure that no one would reveal this location to anyone, Alaric's troops killed all of the slaves.

In the centuries after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, several towns in the province of Cosenza, most notably [[Rossano]], refused to acknowledge the new governments of the Ostrogoths. Instead, they used their good fortune of having strong city walls and small Roman garrisons to hold out for centuries as semi-independent enclaves of the still extant [[Eastern Roman Empire]] in Italy.

=== Norman, Hohenstaufen, and Angevin period ===
Bitterly disputed between the [[Saracens]] and the [[Lombards]], the town was destroyed, then rebuilt around 988; only to be ravaged again in the early eleventh century. In the attempt to escape the devastation, the population left the town and sheltered on the surrounding hills where they built some small hamlets (still denominated as, ''casali'').

By the first half of the eleventh century, Lombard Calabria became a feudal dukedom of the [[Norman conquest of southern Italy|Normans]], with Cosenza as the capital. The town soon rebelled against the rule of [[Roger Guiscard]] and was recaptured only after a long siege. Subsequently, under the [[Hohenstaufen]] rule, the town became the seat of the Court of Calabria (''Curia Generale''). Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]] had a particular interest in the town: he promoted construction and economic activities, organising an important annual fair.

Subsequently, Cosenza fought bitterly against the [[House of Valois-Anjou|Angevin]] domination, supported by the clergy. While the uprising spread through the valley of the Crathis, the town was involved in the see-sawing fight between [[House of Valois-Anjou|Angevins]] and the [[Crown of Aragon]]. In 1432, King [[Louis III of Anjou]] settled in the castle of Cosenza with his wife [[Margaret of Savoy (1410–1479)|Margaret of Savoy]]. When he died untimely, in 1434, he was buried in the cathedral.

=== Spanish domination ===
In 1500, in spite of resistance, Cosenza was occupied by the Spanish army led by Captain [[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba]]. During the sixteenth century the town experienced a period of expansion as the seat of the Viceroy of Calabria. At the same time its cultural importance grew thanks to the foundation of the [[Cosentian Academy|Accademia Cosentina]]; among its most renowned members were [[Bernardino Telesio]], Aulo Gianni Parrasio, the Martirano brothers, [[Antonio Serra]], and others.

In 1707, the Austrians succeeded the Spanish in the [[Kingdom of Naples]], followed by the Bourbons. After the proclamation in 1799 of the short-lived [[Parthenopean Republic]] and a vain resistance, the town was finally occupied for the Bourbons by [[Fabrizio Ruffo|Cardinal Fabrizio Ruffo]]'s ''Lazzari''. Cardinal Ruffo was native of the province of Cosenza.

=== Modern age ===
From 1806 to 1815, Cosentians fought hard against French domination. Cruel suppressions characterised that period and it was a cradle of the [[Carbonari]] secret societies. In 1813, the town saw many rebels executed. The local riots of 1821 and 1837 heralded the [[Risorgimento]]. They were followed by the uprising of 15 March 1844, which reached its climax with the “noble folly” of the [[Bandiera Brothers]], who were executed together with some of their followers in the Vallone di Rovito in Cosenza. In 1860, some months after the rapid and overwhelmingly heroic deeds of Garibaldi's troops, a plebiscite proclaimed the annexation of Calabria to the new Kingdom of Italy.

== Government ==
{{See also|List of mayors of Cosenza}}

== Population ==
[[File:Piazza dei Bruzi, Cosenza, Calabria, Italia 🇮🇹.jpg|thumb|right|Bruzi Square.]]
{{Historical populations|1861|18366|1871|16918|1881|17434|1901|20857|1911|23805|1921|30659|1931|35164|1936|40032|1951|57010|1961|78611|1971|102086|1981|106801|1991|86664|2001|72998|2011|69484|2021|64073|footnote=Source: [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]]|cols=2|align=none}}

==Climate==

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|Apr high C = 19.1
|May high C = 24.5
|Jun high C = 29.2
|Jul high C = 32.2
|Aug high C = 32.7
|Sep high C = 27.7
|Oct high C = 22.9
|Nov high C = 17.3
|Dec high C = 13.1
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|Feb mean C = 8.5
|Mar mean C = 10.9
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|Jun mean C = 22.7
|Jul mean C = 25.4
|Aug mean C = 25.9
|Sep mean C = 21.5
|Oct mean C = 17.4
|Nov mean C = 12.6
|Dec mean C = 9.2
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|Feb low C = 3.9
|Mar low C = 5.9
|Apr low C = 8.4
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|Jun low C = 16.2
|Jul low C = 18.6
|Aug low C = 19.0
|Sep low C = 15.4
|Oct low C = 12.2
|Nov low C = 7.9
|Dec low C = 5.2
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|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 121
|Feb precipitation mm = 105
|Mar precipitation mm = 90
|Apr precipitation mm = 67
|May precipitation mm = 46
|Jun precipitation mm = 28
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|Aug precipitation mm = 24
|Sep precipitation mm = 64
|Oct precipitation mm = 86
|Nov precipitation mm = 132
|Dec precipitation mm = 133
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| Feb precipitation days = 10
| Mar precipitation days = 8
| Apr precipitation days = 9
| May precipitation days = 6
| Jun precipitation days = 4
| Jul precipitation days = 3
| Aug precipitation days = 3
| Sep precipitation days = 7
| Oct precipitation days = 8
| Nov precipitation days = 11
| Dec precipitation days = 12
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|source 1 = Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale<ref name = ISPRA>{{cite web
| url = https://www.isprambiente.gov.it/files/pubblicazioni/SA_55_14_Valori_climatici_normali.pdf
| title = Valori climatici normali di temperatura e precipitazione in Italia
| publisher=Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale
| access-date = 26 November 2024}}</ref>
| source 2 = Climi e viaggi (precipitation days)<ref name=Clim>{{cite web
| url = https://www.climieviaggi.it/clima/italia/cosenza
| title = Clima - Cosenza (Calabria)
| publisher= Climi e viaggi
| access-date = 26 November 2024}}</ref>
}}

== Main sights ==

=== Church of San Domenico ===
[[File:Statua di Alarico 1.jpg|thumb|Church of San Domenico]]
[[File:Cosenza, duomo, esterno, facciata del xiii secolo, 01.jpg|thumb|Façade of the Cathedral]]

Founded in 1448, the Church of San Domenico combines Medieval and Renaissance architectural elements. Its most interesting feature is the rose window defined by 16 little [[tuff]]<!--NOT tufa--> columns. The wooden portal (1614) is inlaid with floral motifs, figures of saints, and coats of arms.

Inside the church are works by the [[San Fili|sanfilese]] painter Antonio Granata, such as the canvas depicting the Madonna of the Rosary between Saints Dominic and Agnese da Montepulciano preserved in the ancient choir used today as a sacristy in the church (late eighteenth century). The high altar is made of polychrome marble (1767). In the transept, there is a ''Deposition'' and a ''San Vincenzo Ferreri'' (late eighteenth century, anonymous). The sacristy is noted for its ribbed vault, a double lancet window with a narrow arch, and a wooden choir installed in 1635.

=== The Cathedral ===
The exact origins of the [[Duomo]] (''Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta'') are unknown; it was probably built during the first half of the eleventh century. An earthquake destroyed the cathedral on 9 June 1184, and rebuilding was completed by 1222, when the cathedral was consecrated by Emperor [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick II]]. At some point during the first half of the eighteenth century the church was covered by a baroque superstructure that obliterated the original structure and its works of art. In the first half of the nineteenth century the façade was transformed in neo-gothic style, which completely changed its character. At the end of the nineteenth century, Archbishop Camillo Sorgente entrusted restoration work to Pisanti, who recovered the original old arches and the ancient structure of the church. In the 1940s the work was finally completed.

The tomb of [[Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France|Isabella of Aragon]], wife of king [[Philip III of France]] is in the transept. A long aisle links the Duomo to the palace of the archbishop, the ''Palazzo Arcivescovile'', which houses an ''Immacolata'' by [[Luca Giordano]]. One can also see a rare and precious ''Stauroteca''. A Stauroteca is a relic containing fragments of wood from the cross of Christ. It generally has a rectangular and flat rectangular cross or rectangular tee with cruciform recipe used to guard the relic. It was a gift from Emperor Frederick II to the Duomo upon consecration. The work was produced in workshops of the royal goldsmiths, better known as "Tiraz", in a cultural environment blending Arabic, Byzantine, and Western cultural elements.

=== ''Monastero delle Vergini'' ===
The "Convent of the Virgins" stands in via Gaetano Argento. The external part of the main entrance is made of decorated tuff, while the internal part is carved of wood. The convent contains a sixteenth-century painting of the ''Annunciation''. In front of it, is the thirteenth-century ''Madonna del Pilerio'' attributed to Giovanni da Taranto, while on the walls are four other anonymous sixteenth-century paintings: the ''Visitation'', the ''Circumcision'', the ''Adoration of the Shepherds'', and the ''Adoration of the Magi''. In the apse is the altarpiece ''Transit of the Virgin'' (1570). The [[cymatium]] houses a painting portraying the ''Coronation of the Virgin'', while at the base of the two columns are paintings of two unidentified saints that are attributed to Michele Curia, the "Master of Montecalvario". The wooden choir dates to the seventeenth century.

=== ''Giostra Vecchia'' ===
In the fifteenth century, at Palazzo Falvo the [[Renaissance]] was introduced at Cosenza, in the ''Giostra Vecchia''. Here are located the church and monastery of [[Saint Francis of Assisi]]. The [[Latin cross]] plan has a nave and two aisles. In the nave stands the impressive high wooden altar built in 1700. Above it is a painting by Daniele Russo representing the ''Perdono d’Assisi ''(1618). The left aisle is home to a wooden seventeenth-century crucifix, the altar of the ''Madonna della Febbre'' and the statue of the ''Madonna with Child'', in marble, dating to the sixteenth century. The sacristy has a painted wooden ceiling, a wooden ''armadio'' representing episodes from the Passion of Christ, and paintings of saints and Franciscan friars. The stone arch is characterized by the painting of [[St. Francis of Paola]], while on the walls are some frescoes dating to the beginning of the fifteenth century.

=== Hohenstaufen Castle ===
[[File:Castello Svevo1.jpg|thumb|right|Hohenstaufen Castle]]
The ''Castello Svevo'' ("Swabian" or [[Hohenstaufen]] Castle) was originally built by the Saracens on the ruins of the ancient Rocca Brutia, around the year 1000. The castle was restored by Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, adding the octagonal tower to the original structure, in 1239. According to tradition, his son [[Henry (VII) of Germany|Henry]] lived in this castle, as a prisoner at his father's command. [[Louis III of Naples]] and Margaret of Savoy married in the castle and they both settled there in 1432.

All signs of the ancient Saracen structure have now disappeared. In the internal cloister, the modifications made by the [[Bourbons]] in order to convert it into a prison can also be seen. The entrance-hall is covered by ogival arches with engraved brackets. A wide corridor is dominated by some [[fleur-de-lis]] from the [[Capetian House of Anjou|House of Anjou]] [[coat of arms]]. They are engraved on the ribbed Hohenstaufen arches.

=== ''Spirito Santo'' ===
The church of ''Sant'Agostino'', also known as the ''Spirito Santo'', was built in 1507 by the [[Augustinians]]. The original portal has several inscriptions in Gothic characters. The interior has a series of paintings from the eighteenth century. Further on a narrow street leads to the so-called “Area of the [[Bandiera Brothers]]”, the ''Vallone di Rovito''. Here, the insurrectionist patriots of 1844 were executed by a firing squad.

=== ''San Francesco di Paola'' ===
In the Arenella, are the church and monastery of [[Saint Francis of Paola]] (1510). The interior, with a single nave, houses the tomb of Ottavio Cesare Gaeta. On the right wall, are two eighteenth-century paintings: a ''Sacra Famiglia'' and ''Madonna con San Francesco e Sant’Agostino''. On an altar is a wooden statue of Saint Francis of Paola; while on the left side of the nave, on another altar, is a wooden statue of San Michele Arcangelo. The ''Madonna with Child in Glory and Saints Paul and Luke'' (1551) was painted by [[Pietro Negroni]]. In the apse, a sixteenth-century triptych made by Cristoforo Faffeo represents the ''Madonna and Child in glory with saints Catherine and Sebastian''. At the back of the altar is a wooden choir built in 1679 by M. Domenico Costanzo da Rogliano. On the wall of the sacristy are remains of frescoes dating back to 1550–1600. On the vault are some pastels<!--probably faded frescoes?--> representing scenes from the life of the Saint from Paola.

=== ''San Salvatore'' ===
The small church of San Salvatore serves the parish that professes the Byzantine-Albanian faith. Inside the nave are a wooden ceiling, some frescoes of the Apostoli, of the Salvatore, and of the Madonna, as well as a splendid [[iconostasis]].

=== Open Air Museum ===
In the modern part of Cosenza, in an area stretching from the pedestrianized Corso Mazzini to Piazza Bilotti, lies the open-air "Museo MAB" (''Museo all'aperto Bilotti''). The museum hosts a wide range of modern art sculptures that stand in the street for residents and tourists. The sculptures were donated to the city by the Italian-American entrepreneur and art collector, Carlo Bilotti. They include ''Saint George and the Dragon'' by [[Salvador Dalí]], ''Hector and Andromache'' by [[Giorgio de Chirico]], "the Bronzes" by [[Sacha Sosno]], ''The Bather'' by [[Emilio Greco]], ''The Cardinal'' by [[Giacomo Manzù]], and various marble sculptures by [[Pietro Consagra]].

=== Museums and cultural institutions ===
[[File:Accademia Cosentina (Cosenza) 01.jpg|thumb|right|[[Accademia Cosentina|Cosentian Academy]], now Public Library.]]
[[File:Wlm2017teatro-5972.jpg|thumb|right|Rendano Theatre.]]
* National Gallery - Palazzo Arnone
* Civic Archeological Museum
* Remembrance Museum
* Bilotti Open Air Museum
* Rendano Theatre
* Morelli Theatre
* Acquario Theatre
* [[Cosentian Academy]]
* [[University of Calabria]]
* Music Conservatoire
* State Archive Library
* Civic Public Library
* National Library
* Antonio Guarasci Foundation Library
* Calabria Jazz Centre Recordings Archive
* Theological Library (Seminario Cosentino)
* Cultural and Ethno-Anthropological Heritage Archive

== Sports ==

Cosenza is home to [[Serie C]] football team [[Cosenza Calcio]].

== Notable people ==
* [[Joachim of Fiore]] (c.1135–1202), theologian born in [[Celico]]
* [[Aulo Giano Parrasio]] (1470–1521), humanist
* [[Bernardino Telesio]] (1509–1588), philosopher
* [[Pietro Negroni]] (1505–1565), painter
* [[Antonio Serra]] (late 1500s), economist
* Sertorio Quattromani (1541–1607), philosopher
* Niccolò Pasquali (1717/18–1757), musician
* Francis Pasquali (fl.1743–1795), musician
* [[Francesco Saverio Salfi]] (1759–1832), writer
* [[Giovanni Antonio Palazzo]] (17th-century), writer
* Nicola Misasi (1850–1923), writer
* [[Alfonso Rendano]] (1853–1931), pianist born in [[Carolei]]
* [[Alessandro Longo]] (1864–1945), composer born in [[Amantea]]
* Pietro Mancini (1876–1968), politician born in [[Malito]]
* [[Tony Gaudio]] (1883–1951), cinematographer
* [[Fausto Gullo]] (1887–1974), politician born in [[Catanzaro]]
* [[Giacomo Mancini]] (1916–2002), politician
* [[Stefano Rodotà]] (1933–2017), politician
* [[Tony Parisi (wrestler)|Tony Parisi]] (1941–2000), wrestler
* [[Sandra Savaglio]] (born 1967), astrophysicist
* [[Mark Iuliano]] (born 1973), former football player, football manager
* [[Maria Perrotta]] (born 1974), pianist
* [[Stefano Fiore]] (born 1975), former football player
* [[Simone Perrotta]] (born 1977), former football player born in [[England]]
* [[Brunori Sas]] (born 1977), singer
* [[Gennaro Gattuso]] (born 1978), former football player, football manager born in [[Corigliano Calabro]]
* [[Maria Perrusi]] (born 1991), model
* [[Domenico Berardi]] (born 1994), football player born in [[Cariati]]
* [[Giovanni Tocci]] (born 1994), diver
* [[Antonio Fuoco]] (born 1996), racing driver born in Cariati

== International relations ==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Italy}}

=== Twin towns – sister cities===
Cosenza is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]], United States, since 1979<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://www.kenosha.org/mayor/sister_cities.html|title=Sister Cities - City of Kenosha|website=www.kenosha.org|access-date=2 April 2018}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lansing, Michigan]], United States, since 2000<ref name="Lansing, Michigan - Sister Cities">{{cite web |url=http://www.lansingmi.gov/live/sister_cities.jsp |title=Living Here &#124; Sister Cities &#124; City of Lansing, Michigan |publisher=Lansingmi.gov |access-date=2013-03-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028000120/http://www.lansingmi.gov/live/sister_cities.jsp |archive-date=2012-10-28 }}</ref>
* {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario]], Canada, since 2010<ref name="Sault St. Marie, Council meeting">{{cite web |url=http://www.cityssm.on.ca/contentadmin/UserFiles/File/Agendas_Minutes/2010/2010_03_08_Minutes.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-08-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003165501/http://www.cityssm.on.ca/contentadmin/UserFiles/File/Agendas_Minutes/2010/2010_03_08_Minutes.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-03 }}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Ponte di San Francesco da Paola 1 - Cosenza.jpg|St Francis Bridge
File:VILLA RENDANO - Cosenza.jpg|Villa Rendano
File:ARA_DEI_FRATELLI_BANDIERA_Cosenza.jpg|Altar to the Bandiera Brothers
File:Complesso monumentale San'Agostino- Cosenza.jpg|St. Augustine Monument
File:BoCs Art Museum - Cosenza.jpg|Interior of the BoCs Art Museum
File:Planetario Cosenza.jpg|Planetary
</gallery>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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*{{in lang|it}} [http://www.comune.cosenza.it/ Cosenza official website]

{{Province of Cosenza}}

*{{Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Cosenza}}

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