Gargano

Gargano is a historical and geographical sub-region in the , , southeast , consisting of a wide isolated mountain massif made of highland and several peaks and forming the backbone of a promontory projecting into the Adriatic Sea, the "spur" on the Italian "boot".
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: Italian cape
  • Also known as: “Монте-Гаргано”, “ガルガノ”, “ガルガノ半島”, and “モンテ・ガルガーノ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Monte Calvo.

Peak
Photo: Lothur, CC0.
is a peak.

Gargano

Latitude
41.73333° or 41° 44′ north
Longitude
15.76667° or 15° 46′ east
Elevation
906 metres (2,972 feet)
Open location code
8FHQPQM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
11836742
Wiki­data ID
Q763332
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Gargano” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Gargano”
  • Arabic: “غارغانو”
  • Basque: “Gargano”
  • Bulgarian: “Гаргано”
  • Catalan: “Gargano”
  • Chinese: “加尔加诺”
  • Croatian: “Gargano”
  • Czech: “Gargano”
  • Danish: “Gargano”
  • Dutch: “Gargano”
  • Esperanto: “Gargano”
  • French: “Gargano”
  • German: “Gargano”
  • Greek: “Γκαργκάνο”
  • Hebrew: “גרגאנו”
  • Hungarian: “Gargano-hegység”
  • Indonesian: “Monte Gargano”
  • Italian: “Gargano”
  • Japanese: “ガルガーノ”
  • Latin: “Garganus mons”
  • Latin: “Mons Garganus”
  • Lithuanian: “Garganas”
  • Lombard: “Gargan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gargano”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gargano”
  • Norwegian: “Gargano”
  • Polish: “Gargano”
  • Polish: “Półwysep Gargano”
  • Polish: “Promontorio del Gargano”
  • Portuguese: “Gargano”
  • Romanian: “Gargano”
  • Russian: “Гаргано”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gargano”
  • Sicilian: “Garganu”
  • Slovenian: “Gargano”
  • Spanish: “Gargano”
  • Swedish: “Gargano”
  • Turkish: “Gargano”
  • Ukrainian: “Гаргано”
  • “Gargano”

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Places to explore: San Matteo and Borgo Celano.

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Highlights: Piazza Del Carmine and Piazza Padre Pio.

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