San Cosmo Albanese Explained

San Cosmo Albanese
Official Name:Comune di San Cosmo Albanese
Native Name:Strigàri
Coordinates:39.5833°N 41°W
Region:Calabria
Province:Cosenza (CS)
Frazioni:Campanaro, Matermare
Mayor:Damiano Baffa
Area Total Km2:11.57
Population Total:590
Population As Of:31 July 2018
Population Demonym:Strigajot, Sancosmitani
Elevation M:407
Saint:Sts. Cosmas and Damian
Day:27 September
Postal Code:87060
Area Code:0983

San Cosmo Albanese (Strigàri; Calabrian: Neapolitan: San Cuòsimu) is a village and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

In the territory of the current village a tiny rural settlement called Santo Cosma, formerly dependent on the local Basilian monastery, existed prior to the arrival of Albanians. Following the collapse of Albanian resistance to the Ottoman Empire, Albanian Christians migrated to Italy and settled in the village. As a result, today the village is home to an Arbëresh community.

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