Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò or simply Cosimo is the protagonist in the Italian novel The Baron in the Trees (1957, Il Barone Rampante) by Italo Calvino. Cosimo climbs in a tree at the beginning of the novel and will spend the rest of his adventurous life in trees.
Cosimo Piovasco | |
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The Baron in the Trees character | |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Male |
Title | Baron |
Family | Arminio (father), Corradina (mother), Battista (elder sister), Biagio (younger brother) |
Nationality | Italian |
Family tree
editCosimo is the son of Arminio Piovasco, who has strong intentions to rule the region on the Ligurian Coast in the eighteenth-century when the regions of Italy haven't united yet.
- Grandparent: Head General of the War of Succession (father of Corradina)
- Parents: Arminio Piovasco (father) and Corradina Von Kurtewitz (mother)
- Children: Battista (elder sister), Cosimo, Biagio (younger brother)
- Parents: Arminio Piovasco (father) and Corradina Von Kurtewitz (mother)
Viola
editCosimo leaps across the wall to the opposite tree and slowly decides to find a young girl, playing on a see-saw by herself, below. Cosimo discovers her name is Viola, and she claims her name is short for Violante.