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Encyclopedia Britannica



MONTE VULTURE (anc. Vultur)

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 780 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOL-MOS
MONTE VULTURE (anc. Vultur) , a
mountain
  of Basilicata, Italy, in the province of
Potenza
 , the summit of which is about
5 M. S. of Melfi. It is an
extinct
 
volcano
  rising to 4365 ft. above sea-level, belonging in Roman times to Apulia, and lying on the boundary between it and Lucania. The crater is densely overgrown with oaks and beeches which harbour wild boars and wolves. There are two small lakes. On the banks of the upper lake stand the Capuchin monastery of San Michele and the picturesque ruined
church
  of Sant' Ippolito. The city of Rionero in Volture is pleasantly situated 27 M. by rail N. of
Potenza
 , at the foot of Monte
Vulture
 . Pop. (1901), 11,834. It does not seem to be older than the first half of the 17th
century
 . In 1851 it suffered severely from an
earthquake
 .
See G. de Lorenzo,
Venosa
  e la regione del
Vulture
  (Bergamo, 1906).


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