Cosenza

Cosenza is a town and comune in the Calabria region of southern Italy, 39°18N 16°14E, on the Crati River at 238 m (781 ft) above sea-level. Its population according to the 2001 census was 71,792. It is the capital of Cosenza province.

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It is notable as the place where Alaric I died; ancient authors state that he is buried nearby in the bed of the Busento River.

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It is also known as the place where Isabella of Aragon died after falling from her horse on the way home from the Eighth Crusade.

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Comune: In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....

Calabria: Calabria, formerly Brutium, is a region in southern Italy which occupies the "toe" of the Italian peninsula south of Naples. It is bounded in the north by the region of Basilicata, region of Sicily in SW, to the west by the Tyrrhenian Sea, and to the east by the Ionian Sea. The region covers 15,080 ...

Italy: Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. It comprises a boot-shaped peninsula and two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia, and shares its northern alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent countries...