Monte Pruno

Monte Pruno
Elevation	879 m (2,884 ft)
Location
Monte Pruno Italy
Location	Cilento, Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy
Range	Lucan Apennines, of the Apennine Mountains
Coordinates	40°24′N 15°21′E / 40.400°N 15.350°E / 40.400; 15.350Coordinates: 40°24′N 15°21′E / 40.400°N 15.350°E / 40.400; 15.350

Monte Pruno is a mountain in the southern Cilento region of the Province of Salerno, in the Campania region, of southern Italy. It is 879 metres (2,884 ft) above sea level.

Geography

The mountain is in the Lucan Apennines mountain range of the Apennine Mountains system. It is located in the Pruno forest area, in the municipality of Roscigno.

Monte Pruno is protected within Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park.

History

On the mountain outside the town of Roscigno is the archaeological site of Monte Pruno, a settlement of the Oenotrians and the Lucani (7th-3rd centuries BCE).

See also

• Monte Bulgheria
• Monte Stella

External links

Media related to Monte Pruno at Wikimedia Commons

Archaeological sites in Campania Province of Avellino Aeclanum Compsa Province of Benevento Benevento Arch of Trajan Roman Theatre Caudium Saticula Province of Caserta Allifae Ausona (ancient city) Calatia Cales Arch of Hadrian (Capua) Casilinum Sant'Angelo in Formis Sinuessa Trebula Balliensis Vescia Province of Naples Atella Baiae Cumae Grotta di Cocceio Herculaneum Villa of the Papyri Liternum Miseno Piscina Mirabilis Naples Aqua Augusta Bourbon Tunnel Catacombs of San Gaudioso Catacombs of San Gennaro Crypta Neapolitana Virgil's tomb Macellum of Naples Oplontis Villa Poppaea Palazzo a Mare Pompeii Pozzuoli Flavian Amphitheater (Pozzuoli) Lucrinus Lacus Lake Avernus Macellum of Pozzuoli Portus Julius Stabiae Suessula Castello Barbarossa Villa Jovis Villa Boscoreale Province of Salerno Monte Pruno Paestum Heraion at the mouth of the Sele Temple of Athena Second Temple of Hera Tomb of the Diver Pertosa Caves Velia Villa Romana of Minori