Busento

Busento River is a left side tributary of Crati River, that flows about 95 kilometers in Calabria, a region of southern Italy, from the Apennines to the Ionian Sea. The Busento River joins the Crati in the centre of Cosenza.

Its fame is due to an historic event occurred in AD 412, when Alaric, the king's of Goths, died during the siege of the town. According to a legend, his body was buried under the river-bed, the stream being temporarily turned aside from its course while the grave was dug. The king's grave and its fabulous treasure has never been found. The German poet August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde celebrated this event with his poem "Das Grab im Busento".