Cospaia

Cospaia
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Cospaia Location of Cospaia in Italy
Coordinates: 43°33′34″N 12°10′15″E / 43.55944°N 12.17083°E / 43.55944; 12.17083Coordinates: 43°33′34″N 12°10′15″E / 43.55944°N 12.17083°E / 43.55944; 12.17083
Country	Italy
Region	Umbria
Province	Perugia
Comune	San Giustino
Elevation	357 m (1,171 ft)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	06016
Dialing code	075

Cospaia Republic Repubblica di Cospaia
Microstate
← 1440–1826 →   →
Flag
Motto Perpetua et firma libertas
Capital	Not specified
Language(s)	Italian
Religion	Roman Catholic
Government	Republic
Historical era	Early Modern
- Established	1440
- Partitioned	May 25, 1826
Area	3.3 km2 (1 sq mi)

Cospaia was a small former republic in Italy. It unexpectedly gained independence in 1440 after Pope Eugene IV, embroiled in a struggle with the Council of Basel, made a sale of territory to the Republic of Florence. By error a small strip of land went unmentioned in the sale treaty, and its inhabitants promptly declared themselves independent. An early centre in Italy for tobacco production, Cospaia eventually deteriorated into a mere smugglers' state, so Tuscany and the Papal States divided the republic between them in 1826.

Today the former republic is a hamlet near the town of San Giustino in the Province of Perugia.

See also

• Former countries in Europe after 1815

References

• 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. 

External links

• Thayer's Gazetteer
• La storia ritrovata: La Repubblica di Cospaia (Italian)
• Cospaia: storia della repubblica più piccola al mondo (Italian)
• Flag of Cospaia Republic