Cospaia

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Cospaia
Location of Cospaia in Italy
Coordinates: 43°33′32″N12°10′15″E / 43.55889°N 12.17083°E / 43.55889; 12.17083
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Region Umbria
Province Perugia (PG)
Comune San Giustino
Elevation
357 m (1,171 ft)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Dialing code 075

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

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History

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

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.

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