in 1861 (while the schools of Notary and Pharmacy in Catanzaro survived until 1923).

The second attempt was made by the anti-fascist radiologist Oscar Fragale, a veteran, founder of the Centre for Action for the Development of Southern Italy, and owner of the Corriere del Sud newspaper, thanks to whom the University of Cosenza (later Calabro-Lucana) was inaugurated in February 1945 under the auspices of Nicola Serra. It offered courses in medicine, surgery and