() is a

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in the Abruzzo Apennines,

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. It includes the peaks of Monte d'Aria (), Monte Cimarani () and Monte San Felice (). Since 1999 the area, falling within the municipal territory of

Avezzano Avezzano ( ; ) is a city and comune in the Abruzzo region, province of L'Aquila, Italy. It is the second most populous municipality in the province and the sixth in the region. It is the main commercial, industrial and agricultural centre of the ...

(

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), has been included in the Riserva Naturale di Monte Salviano.

Description

Monte Salviano e il santuario della Madonna di Pietraquaria dalla via dei Marsi

The Salviano mountain range is situated along the watershed between the

Fucino The Fucine Lake ( or ) was a large endorheic karst lake between above sea level and surrounded by the Monte Sirente-Monte Velino mountain ranges to the north-northeast, Mount Salviano to the west, Vallelonga to the south, and the Valle del Giove ...

basin and the

Piani Palentini The () is a plateau in upper Marsica, a subregion of Abruzzo, in central Italy. Description The plains, located between a.s.l., are surrounded by mountain reliefs such as those of the Sirente-Velino group, Mount San Nicola, the Mount Bov ...

, in

Marsica Marsica is a geographical and historical region in Abruzzo, central Italy, including 37 ''comuni'' in the province of L'Aquila. It is located between the plain of the former Fucine Lake, the Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise, National Par ...

. In 1993 a serious fire burnt down dozens of hectares of black pine in the pinewood planted by the prisoners of Avezzano concentration camp in 1916.

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, carried out through the reforestation of native and indigenous species, favoured the process of spontaneous regeneration consolidating the mountain area ecosystem. Since 1999, the Avezzano side entirely falls into the Riserva Naturale di Monte Salviano, a former peri-urban park. In 2005 Monte Salviano was indicated among Abruzzo

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Etymology

There are two hypotheses about the origin of the name "Salviano": the first links the

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to the remarkable presence of ''

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'' on the mountain; the other traces it back to the finding of some epigraphs explicitly referring to the gens Salvia in the Marsican area.

View from the peak

From the Monte Salviano peak it is possible to admire the Monte Velino peaks in the north, the

in the west, and the

basin, surrounded by the Monti Marsicani, in the east.

Cartography

* Trail network of the Riserva Naturale di Monte Salviano
available on line
* Italian official cartography of the

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in a scale 1:25.000 and 1:100.000
available on line

References

External links

* {{Citation, url=http://riservamontesalviano.it/, title=Nature reserve official website, website=riservamontesalviano.it, publisher=Riserva Naturale Monte Salviano, accessdate=7 October 2018, language=it. Avezzano Salviano Salviano Natura 2000 in Italy