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Acquaformosa
Sign in to saveAcquaformosa () is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of Italy. Since the Middle Ages it has been home to an Arbëresh minority community, which is reflected in the presence of Skanderbeg's heraldic eagle in the comune's coat of arms. The town is also the seat of the Arberesh Orthodox Church.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Acquaformosa
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Acquaformosa
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Acquformosa)01.png
- Italian comune.region
- Calabria
- Italian comune.province
- Cosenza (CS)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Annalisa Milione
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 22.71
- Italian comune.population_total
- 1106
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 December 2016
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Acquaformositani
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 756
- Italian comune.saint
- St. John the Baptist
- Italian comune.day
- August 29
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 87010
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0981
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Acquaformosa
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Cosenza
- Population
- 988
- Area
- 22.71
- Elevation
- 756
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Altomonte
- Official website
- www.comune.acquaformosa.cs.it
- Image
- Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista (Acquformosa)01.png
- Dialing code
- 0981
- Licence plate code
- CS
- Patron saint
- John the Baptist
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- postal code
- 87010
- Commons category
- Acquaformosa
- public holiday
- patronal festival
- P11012
- Crenicichla semifasciata
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Acquaformosa () is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of Italy. Since the Middle Ages it has been home to an Arbëresh minority community, which is reflected in the presence of Skanderbeg's heraldic eagle in the comune's coat of arms. The town is also the seat of the Arberesh Orthodox Church.
==History== The town of Acquaformosa was originally the site of the Monastery Santa Maria di Sambucina di Luzzi, founded in 1195, and populated by a handful of Catholic monks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acquaformosa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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