Papasidero

Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Papasidero-Stemma.png official_name = Comune di Papasidero
name= Papasidero
region = Calabria
province = Cosenza (CS)
elevation_m =210
area_total_km2 = 54
population_as_of = December 31, 2004
population_total = 1019
population_density_km2 =10
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|39|52|N|15|54|E
frazioni = Avena, Tremoli, Montagna, Nuppolara, Santo Nocaio, Vitimoso
telephone = 0981
postalcode = 87020
gentilic =
saint =
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website = [http://papasideros.altervista.org/ papasideros.altervista.org]
mapx =39.866667
mapy=15.9

Papasidero ( _gr. Papasideron) is town and" comune "in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is part of the Pollino National Park.

Main sights

*The dishabited village of Avena. The Mother Church has a Byzantine fresco from the early 11th century.
*Grotto of the Romito, 13 km otuside Papasidero, discovered in 1961 and housing pre-historic graffities
*Sanctuary of Constantinople (17th-18th centuries)