Banished from their settlements near the Black Sea, the Wisigoths, a Teutonic tribe, departed at the end of the 4th century A.D. searching for a new home first to Italy. In 410 A.D. their king, Alaric, succeeded in capturing the eternal city of Rome. The legendary tomb of this “gothic hero” has probably been built in the river bed of Busento. Then, the Wisigoths marched towards the West where they founded the kingdom of Toulouse. Later they moved to Spain where Toledo was the king’s residence. Until today churches, cities, like Merida or the new founded one of Reccopolis, built according to Byzantine ideas, and famous treasures, give evidence of a flourishing empire which lasted nearly 200 years, till 711 A.D.
- Direction: ELLI KRIESCH
- Production: BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK
