Cosenza is a city in southern Italy, located at the confluence of two historic rivers: the Busento and the Crathis. The municipal population is of around 70,000; the urban area, however, counts over 260,000 inhabitants. The city is the capital of the Province of Cosenza, which has a population of around 733,000.
Due to its cultural past, Cosenza is identified as the Athens of Calabria. The Cosentian Academy, for example, was the second academy to be founded in the Kingdom of Naples and one of the first in Europe (1511). To this day, the city remains a cultural centre with several theatres, museums, libraries, and the University of Calabria.© This article about tourism in Cosenza is provided by a external resource
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