San Cosmo Albanese

San Cosmo Albanese, Albanian Striàri, is a municipality with 627 inhabitants (as at 31 December 2012) in the province of Cosenza in Calabria.

The territory of the municipality lies at an altitude of 407 m above sea level and covers an area of 14 km ². San Cosmo Albanese is located about 66 km north of Cosenza. The neighboring municipalities are Acri, Corigliano Calabro, San Demetrio Corone, San Giorgio Albanese and Albanese Vaccarizzo.

A Basilian monastery of SS Cosma e Damiano is mentioned for the erstamal in 1088. Albanians settled in the area in 1470.

People from San Cosmo Albanese

  • Teodoro Minisci, an abbot of Santa Maria di Grottaferrata
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