river Busento

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The river Busento is a small river in Cosenza, southern Italy, legendary as the secret burial site of the Visigoth king Alaric.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedWith Alaric I
Visigoths
linked to: Goths
country Italy
flowsThrough Cosenza
hasCulturalSignificance subject of poems and literary works about Alaric’s burial
hasLegend Alaric I was secretly buried in its riverbed
hasLegendaryEventDate circa 410 AD (traditional date of Alaric’s burial)
hasNameInItalian Busento
hasNotableFeature small river
urban river in Cosenza
hasReputationAs legendary burial site of Alaric I
hasTourismAspect visited for its association with Alaric’s legendary tomb
locatedIn Cosenza
southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy
locatedInHistoricRegion Bruttium
locatedInRegion Calabria
locatedOnContinent Europe
mentionedIn legend of the burial of Alaric I
mouthLocation Crati
linked to: Crati River
near confluence of Busento and Crati in Cosenza
partOf drainage basin of the Crati
hydrography of Calabria
relatedWork poem "Das Grab im Busento" by August von Platen
tributaryOf Crati
linked to: Crati River

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Alaric the Goth burialPlace river Busento