Longobardi is a town and ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' in the province of Cosenza, part of the Calabria region of southern

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. It is located between the

Tyrrhenian Sea The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...

and the

Monte Cocuzzo Monte Cocuzzo is a mountain in the Catena Costiera in the Calabrian Apennines, in the province of Cosenza, southern Italy. It has an elevation of 1,541 m. The name derives from the Latin ''Cacutium'', in turn from the Greek ''κακός � ...

, one of the highest peaks in the area. Main sights include the church of St. Francis, the Collegiata and the ''Palazzo Pellegrini'' with a notable staircase.

Notable people

* Saint Nicola Saggio, Minim, (1650-1709) who was canonized on the 23 November 2014

References

External links

Official website

on http://www.telecosenza.it Cities and towns in Calabria Populated coastal places in Italy {{Calabria-geo-stub