Cosio di Arroscia (, locally ) is a comune (municipality) in the province of Imperia in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about northwest of Imperia.
History In 1957 the Avant-Garde Groupe Situationist International was founded in Cosio di Arroscia by former members of two other avant-garde groupes, the International Movement for an Imaginist Bauhaus (Asger Jorn, Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio a.o.) and the Lettrist International (Guy Debord a.o.).
Geography The small village is situated in the Arroscia's high valley, at about from Imperia.
Cosio di Arroscia borders the following municipalities: Briga Alta, Mendatica, Montegrosso Pian Latte, Ormea, and Pornassio.
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See also Parco naturale regionale delle Alpi Liguri