The Cosia is a
torrent
Torrent or torrents may refer to:
* A fast flowing stream
Animals
* Torrent duck, a species of the family Anatidae
* Torrent fish
* Torrent frog, various unrelated frogs
* Torrent robin, a bird species
* Torrent salamander, a family of s ...
whose springs are on the slopes of
Monte Bolletone () in
Brianza
Brianza (, , lmo, label= Brianzöö dialect, Briànsa) is a geographical, historical and cultural area of Italy, at the foot of the Alps, in the northwest of Lombardy, between Milan and Lake Como.
Geography
Brianza extends from the ...
,
Italy
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. Its course takes it through the
communities of
Albese con Cassano
Albese con Cassano ( Brianzöö: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy
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,
Tavernerio and
Como
Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label= Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como.
Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps h ...
, then it enters
Lake Como near the war memorial designed by
Antonio Sant'Elia and executed by
Giuseppe Terragni
Giuseppe Terragni (; 18 April 1904 – 19 July 1943) was an Italian architect who worked primarily under the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini and pioneered the Italian modern movement under the rubric of Rationalism. His most famous work is the C ...
.
The river has two tributaries: the Valloni on the left and the Tisone on the right.
The few fish which the river supports are mostly
souffia, members of the carp family.
On 14 October 1607 the Cosia caused disastrous floods at Como which the historian
Primo Tatti described in his life of Saint
Giovanni da Meda: the monasteries of Santa Chiara and Santa Margherita were destroyed, as was the Collegio Gallio, together with its church which held the remains of the saint, and the church of Rondinetto which was rebuilt on a new site.
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{{Lago di Como
Rivers of the Province of Como
Rivers of Italy