San Sosti Explained

San Sosti
Official Name:Comune di San Sosti
Coordinates:39.66°N 16.0283°W
Region:Calabria
Province:Cosenza (CS)
Frazioni:Macellara, Fravitta
Mayor:Vincenzo De Marco
Area Total Km2:43.55
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:2126
Population As Of:2011
Population Demonym:Sansostesi
Elevation M:355
Saint:St. Joseph
Day:March 19
Postal Code:87010
Area Code:0981

San Sosti (Calabrian: Neapolitan: Santisuòsti; from) is a comune in the province of Cosenza, in Calabria, southern Italy.

History

A highly decorated bronze axe-head was discovered near San Sosti in 1846. This votive offering was later bought by the collector and goldsmith Alessandro Castellani, from whom it was eventually acquired by the British Museum in 1884.[2] On the axe is inscribed an important dedication in the Achaean dialect of Ancient Greek that can be dated to the sixth century BC.

In 1448, people from Albania migrated to San Sosti.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. istat.it. 2014-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184737/http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2011gen/index02.html. 2016-03-03. dead.
  2. Web site: British Museum - Bronze axe-head. British Museum. 2017-06-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20151018124122/http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/gr/b/bronze_axe-head.aspx. 2015-10-18. dead.