Monte Vettore, Italy

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 Monte Vettore View: From Monte Macchialto above the montain pass Forca di Presta of road strada provinciale SP477/3 to the upper part of Monti Sibillini. The left peak is Cima del Redentore (2,448m), Monte Vettore (2,478m) is in the right. The valley in the left (North-West) is the karstic basin  Piani di Castelluccio.

 

Monte Vettore (from Latin Vector, "carrier", "leader")

 a mountain of the Umbro-marchigiano Apennine Mountains in Italy. 

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Monte Vettore (from Latin Vector, "carrier", "leader") is a mountain of the Umbro-marchigiano Apennine Mountains in Italy. It is the highest peak of the Sibillini massif. It is located in Ascoli piceno, Marche, Italy.

 

Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini

Monte Vettore, Italy

 

 mountain peaks in the area of Mount Vettore.

The giant fault line which runs across Mount Vettore

 

Sibillini - Monte Vettore | Alba sul monte Vettore

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Italy, Marche, Monte Catria in winter at sunset

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Monte Vettore, Italy

 

Welcome to the verdant slopes of magnificent Monte Vettore in central Italy. For some geographic perspective, we're about halfway down the 'boot' of Italy, perched near the high point of the Apennine Mountains. Nestled below is the Piano Grande, a vast, flat valley where photographers flock in June as wildflowers and lentil crops—a local delicacy—blossom beautifully. Those a little late to the party can trek up Monte Vettore for a peek, as the bloom lasts into July at higher elevations.

 

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History

The local medieval tradition was that the Apennine Sibyl, a mysterious prophetess not counted among the Sibyls of Classical Antiquity, was condemned by God to dwell in a mountain cavern and await Judgement Day, having rebelled at the news that she had not been chosen Mother of God, but that some humble Judaean virgin had been favored. The peak of Monte Vettore, surrounded by reddish cliffs was recognized as the crown of Regina Sibilla.

 

Less stringently Christian legend set her in an underworld paradise entered through a grotto in the mountains of Norcia. Nearby the magical lake is fed by water from the cavern. Whoever stayed longer than a year could no longer leave, but remained deathless and ageless, feasting in abundance, amid revelry and voluptuous delights.

 

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Apennine Sibyl by Adolfo de Carolis.

 

 

 

 

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Monte Vettore and the Sibillini Mountains Umbria Italy view from the north on the right of the plateau of Castelluccio di Norcia

 

 

Castelluccio, Monte Vettore

 

Monte Vettore, the highest peak of Sibillini Mountain

 

 

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Sibillini national park - monte Vettore dal Pian Grande

Winter in Castelluccio di Norcia

Sibillini National Park Italy.