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Cospaia

Coordinates: 43°33′32″N 12°10′15″E / 43.55889°N 12.17083°E / 43.55889; 12.17083
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Cospaia
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Cospaia is located in Italy
Cospaia
Cospaia
Location of Cospaia in Italy
Coordinates: 43°33′32″N 12°10′15″E / 43.55889°N 12.17083°E / 43.55889; 12.17083
CountryItaly
RegionUmbria
ProvincePerugia (PG)
ComuneSan Giustino
Elevation
357 m (1,171 ft)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Dialing code075

Cospaia is an Italian hamlet (frazione) of the comune of San Giustino in the Province of Perugia, Umbria.

History

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The village became accidentally independent in 1440. When Pope Eugene IV ceded the territory of Sansepolcro to the Republic of Florence, by mistake a small strip of land was excluded from the treaty that delimited the borders. Having become no one's land, the inhabitants promptly declared independence. As a result, the village was the Republic of Cospaia for some 385 years, but in 1826 it was absorbed into the Papal States by agreement with the Grand Duchy of Tuscany.

Geography

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Cospaia is located in the northern suburbs of San Giustino, by a lake and next to the borders of Umbria with Tuscany. It is 3 km from Sansepolcro (in the Province of Arezzo), 15 from Città di Castello, 42 from Arezzo and 67 from Perugia.

See also

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References

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  • Ascani, Angelo (1963). Cospaia: storia inedita della singolare Repubblica. Tuscany: Città di Castello.
  • Natali, Filippo (1892). La stato libero di Cospaia: nell'alta Valle del Tevere (1440-1826). Umbertide: stab. tip. Tiberino.
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