Cosenza Sights

  1. Piazza del Duomo

    This church originated in the 6th century, was consecrated in the 13th and rebuilt in Baroque-style in the 18th. Here you can see Isabella of Aragon's tomb (1271) and a copy of 13th-century Byzantine Madonna del Pilerio . Mary's face has a spot, a sign of her 1576 sacrifice. She had inflicted herself with plague to save those who carried around her likeness.

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  2. Piazza Frederico II

    Built by the Normans and reduced to its ruinous, bare interior by several earthquakes, this castle is still the best place to take in Cosenza and its surrounding mountains. The fantastic view makes the steep ascent worthwhile.

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  3. Piazza XV Marzo

    This elegant square is fronted by the Palazzo del Governo and the neoclassical Teatro Rendano. Smack bang in its middle is a 1914 statue of hero-philosopher Bernardino Telesio. The northwest corner has his Accademia Cosentina and, within it, an excellent library and museum. South of the piazza stretches shady Villa Vecchia, a huge and welcome oasis of green.

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