Monte Stella is a mountain the Lucan Subappennines, with an elevation of 1,131 m, located in
Cilento
Cilento () is an Italian mountain range (part of the Lucan Apennines), which gives its name to a geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the province of Salerno. Is an important tourist area of southern Italy.
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Campania
Campania is an administrative Regions of Italy, region of Italy located in Southern Italy; most of it is in the south-western portion of the Italian Peninsula (with the Tyrrhenian Sea to its west), but it also includes the small Phlegraean Islan ...
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Italy
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Geography
At his slopes there are located the villages of
Omignano
Omignano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
The municipality borders with Casal Velino, Lustra, Salento, Sessa Cilento and Stella Cilento.
See also
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Stella Cilento
Stella Cilento ( Cilentan: ''Stella Ciliendo'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Its name means ''Star of Cilento'' in the Italian language.
Geography
Stella, named after the neig ...
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Serramezzana
Serramezzana is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in
the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
Serramezzana is located in Cilento and borders with Montecorice, Perdifumo, San Mauro Cilento and Sessa Cilento. The municip ...
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Sessa Cilento
Sessa Cilento (from Greek language, Greek ''Σύεσσα'' - ''Syessa'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
Sessa Cilento is located in Cilento and in its Parco Nazionale de ...
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San Mauro Cilento
San Mauro Cilento is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1130. Its secondary toponym, Casalsoprano (or Casal Soprano, i. e. ''Upper Farmhouse''),S ...
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Pollica
Pollica (Neapolitan language, Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. Located 94 km from Salerno, the town rises to an elevation 370 meters from sea level.
History
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San Mango Cilento,
Perdifumo
Perdifumo (Neapolitan language, Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
References
Cities and towns in Campania
Localities of Cilento
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Castellabate
Castellabate ( Cilentan: ''Castiellabbate'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is one of ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").
History
The area has been inhabited since Up ...
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Montecorice
Montecorice is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
History
Montecorice likely originated as a small village around the monastery of Sant'Arcangelo, which existed as early as the 10th ce ...
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Lustra and
Rutino
Rutino is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southwestern Italy. It is in the geographic region Cilento.
Politic geography
The comune is divided into Rutino, the principal city, and the "frazione" of Rutino ...
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On the summit is located a radar station and the "Madonna del Monte Stella" church.
History
On the top of the Stella mountain it has been identified a prehistoric megalithic center which dates back to at least the 3rd millennium BC., as suggested the discovery of a flint knife in the Serramezzana district.
Pictures
Madonna del Monte Stella front.jpg, The church from the front
Madonna del Monte Stelle inside.jpg, Inside the church
See also
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Gelbison
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Cervati
Cervati or Monte Cervati is an Italian mountain of the Province of Salerno, Campania.
Geography
The mountain is located in the north-western side of the municipality of Sanza, close to the forest area of Pruno. It is the source of the river Bus ...
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Alburni
The Alburni are an Italian mountain range of the Province of Salerno, Campania, part of the Apennines. Due to their geomorphology, they are popularly known as the "''Dolomites of Campania''" or of Southern Italy. The highest mountain is the Pano ...
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Apennine Mountains
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains ( ; or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; or – a singular with plural meaning; )Latin ''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which would be segmented ''Apenn-inus'', often used with nouns s ...
References
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Mountains of Campania
Cilento
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