Monte Vulture
Mount Vulture is an inactive volcano located 56 km north of the city Potenza in the Basilicata region. As a prominent landmark it gave its name to the Vulture region, the most significant viticultural zone in Basilicata growing the DOC wine Aglianico del Vulture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,326 metres
- Description: mountain
- Also known as: “Vulture”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Museo di Storia Naturale del Vulture and San Michele Abbey, Monticchio.
Museo di Storia Naturale del Vulture
Museum
Photo: Michele Centonze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museo di Storia Naturale del Vulture is a museum.
San Michele Abbey, Monticchio
Photo: Σπάρτακος, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Abbey of San Michele is a Benedictine Abbey located at the foot of Monte Vulture, on the eastern flank of the Lago di Monticchio Piccolo in Monticchio in the region of Basilicata, Italy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barile and Rionero in Vulture.
Barile
Village
Photo: Gianmarco Tirico, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barile is a comune in the province of Potenza, in the Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni, of Ginestra, Rapolla, Rionero in Vulture, Ripacandida, and Venosa.
Rionero in Vulture
Town
Photo: Generale Lee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rionero in Vulture is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is located on the slopes of Monte Vulture in the northern part of the region.
Rapolla
Village
Photo: Aldo Montemarano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rapolla is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Barile, Lavello, Melfi, Rionero in Vulture, Venosa.
Monte Vulture
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Melfi, Province of Potenza, Basilicata, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
40.95067° or 40° 57′ 2″ northLongitude
15.63564° or 15° 38′ 8″ eastElevation
1,326 metres (4,350 feet)Open location code
8FGQXJ2P+77OpenStreetMap ID
node 3688130067OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Monte Vulture” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مونتي فولتوري”
- Catalan: “Mont Vulture”
- Cebuano: “Monte Vulture”
- Czech: “Monte Vulture”
- Dutch: “Monte Vulture”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونتى فولتورى”
- French: “mont Vultur”
- French: “Mont Vultur”
- German: “Monte Vulture”
- Hungarian: “Monte Vulture”
- Italian: “Monte Vulture”
- Japanese: “モンテ・ヴルトゥレ”
- Ladin: “Monte Vulture”
- Lithuanian: “Vulturė”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Monte Vulture”
- Persian: “مونت وولتوره”
- Polish: “Monte Vulture”
- Russian: “Вультур”
- Russian: “Вультуре”
- Slovak: “Monte Vulture”
- Spanish: “Monte Vulture”
- Ukrainian: “Вультуре”
- Venetian: “Monte Vulture”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Solagna dei Piloni and Femmina Morta.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monte Vulture and Fontana dei Preti.
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