San Cosmo Albanese
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San Cosmo Albanese is a village and comune
in the province of Cosenza
in the Calabria
region of southern Italy
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There is a majority ethnic Arbëresh in the village. The founders of the settlement were christian Albanians who migrated to Italy after Albania's resistance against the Ottoman empire fell.
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...
in the province of Cosenza
Province of Cosenza
The Province of Cosenza is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza.It has an area of 6,650 km², and a total population of 733,797 . It is the biggest Calabrian Province...
in the Calabria
Calabria
Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....
region of southern Italy
Italy
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There is a majority ethnic Arbëresh in the village. The founders of the settlement were christian Albanians who migrated to Italy after Albania's resistance against the Ottoman empire fell.