Province_of_Cosenza
Province of Cosenza
Province of Italy
The province of Cosenza (Italian: provincia di Cosenza) is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza. It contains 150 comuni (sg.: comune), listed at list of comuni of the province of Cosenza.[2]
The province of Cosenza contains a community of Occitan language (also known as Langue d'oc) speakers in Guardia Piemontese: it was formed by Vaudoi or Waldensian movement members, who moved to Cosenza to avoid religious persecution, in the 13th and 14th centuries.[3] Many of the Arbëreshë Albanians of Italy live in the province, since arriving in the 16th century to flee the religious persecution undertaken by the Ottoman Empire.