Republic of Cospaia Repubblica di Cospaia (Italian) | |||||||||||
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| 1440–1826 | |||||||||||
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| Motto: Perpetua et firma libertas (Latin for 'Eternal and steadfast freedom') | |||||||||||
 Location of Cospaia | |||||||||||
| Status | Microstate | ||||||||||
| Capital | Cospaia | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Italian | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||
| Government | see §Form of government | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Modern | ||||||||||
• Established | 1440 | ||||||||||
| 26 June 1826 | |||||||||||
| Currency | Ducat | ||||||||||
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The Republic of Cospaia (Italian: Repubblica di Cospaia, local dialect: Republica de' Cošpäja) was a small state in northern Umbria, now in Italy, that was independent from 1440 to 1826.[1][2] It was in what is now the hamlet (frazione) of Cospaia, in the municipality (comune) of San Giustino, in the Province of Perugia.[3]
- ^ "Chiesa". digilander.libero.it.
- ^ Ellingham, written and researched by Tim Jepson, Jonathan Buckley, and Mark (2009). The Rough Guide to Tuscany & Umbria (7th ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 505. ISBN 9781405385299.
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