SILA

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SILA , a mountainous forest

district

DISTRICT

Calabria

CALABRIA

Italy

ITALY
ITALY (Italia)

, to the E. of Cosenza, extending for some 37 M. N. to S. and 25 M. E. to W. The name goes back to the

Greek

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

period, and then probably belonged to a larger extension of territory than at present. In

ancient

times these mountains supplied timber to the Greeks for shipbuilding, the forests have given way to pastures to some extent; but a

part

PART

of them, which belongs to the state, is maintained. Geologically these mountains, which consist of granite,

gneiss

GNEISS

and mica schist, are the oldest portion of the Italian peninsula; their culminating point is the Botte Donato (6330 ft.), and they are not free of snow until the

late

LATE

spring

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger.
springer
- SPRINGER (Fr. rein)
- SPRINGER, ANTON HEINRICH (1825–1891)
, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

. They are very rarely explored by travellers.

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