Cospaia
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Cospaia | |
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Cospaia Location of Cospaia in Italy | |
Coordinates: 43°33′32″N 12°10′15″E / 43.55889°N 12.17083°ECoordinates: 43°33′32″N 12°10′15″E / 43.55889°N 12.17083°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Umbria |
Province | Perugia (PG) |
Comune | San Giustino |
Elevation | 357 m (1,171 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Dialing code | 075 |
Cospaia is an Italian hamlet (frazione) of the comune of San Giustino in the Province of Perugia, Umbria.
History[]
The village was an independent republic from 1440 to 1826, when it was divided between the Grand Duchy of Tuscany and the Papal States.
Geography[]
Cospaia is located in the northern suburbs of San Giustino, by a lake and next to the borders of Umbria with Tuscany. It is 3 km from Sansepolcro (in the Province of Arezzo), 15 from Città di Castello, 42 from Arezzo and 67 from Perugia.
See also[]
- Republic of Senarica
- List of historic states of Italy
References[]
- Ascani, Angelo (1963). Cospaia: storia inedita della singolare Repubblica. Tuscany: Città di Castello.
- Natali, Filippo (1892). La stato libero di Cospaia: nell'alta Valle del Tevere (1440-1826). Umbertide: stab. tip. Tiberino.
External links[]
Media related to Cospaia at Wikimedia Commons
- Thayer's Gazetteer
- La storia ritrovata: La Repubblica di Cospaia (in Italian)
- Cospaia: storia della repubblica più piccola al mondo (in Italian)
- Flag of Cospaia Republic
Categories:
- Frazioni of the Province of Perugia
- Umbria geography stubs