Bulgheria
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| Bulgheria | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,225 m (4,019 ft) |
| Prominence | 913 m (2,995 ft)  |
| Isolation | 12.8 km (8.0 mi) |
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  Bulgheria Italy | |
| Location | Cilento, Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy |
Bulgheria is a 1,225 metres (4,019 ft) mountain in the southern Cilento region of the Province of Salerno, in the Campania region, of southern Italy.
Overview
The mountain is part of the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park. The peak is near the southern Cilentan Coast in the municipalities of Celle di Bulgheria and Camerota, near San Giovanni a Piro and Roccagloriosa. Its name comes from the Bulgarian settlers, who settled here before the year 500. From the mountain named after the city of Celle di Bulgheria, which stands on its slopes, to the east side. Although it is long and even touching many countries in the neighborhood, it is striking for its isolatezza, since there are no other mountains nearby. This particular feature can be admired from Bosco, which lies at his feet.
The flora is very rich: there are alder trees and centuries-old chestnut trees, broom, asparagus, butcher's broom, wild rose, oregano, lavender and numerous types of wild orchids including the Italic Orchis, Serapias vomeracea, Orchis and fragans Orchis
Curiosity
The mountain is known as the "sleeping lioness", because it looks like a huge lion resting with his eyes turned towards the east and then the locals like to think it's a lion that is there to protect them. The last significant snowfall is to March 2009, with high snow about 25 cm. Ferdinand Palace of San Giovanni a Piro in 1959 dedicated a beautiful poem to Mount Bulgheria. numerous marine fossils have been found on the mountain: this is due to the fact that the Monte Bulgheria consists entirely of carbonate rocks of marine origin related, mainly, to the Jurassic period, and to a lesser extent to the Triassic and the Cretaceous. The Spanish painter José Ortega, who lived in Forest for many years, he carved the shape of the mountain in a stone which is now in the center of the square is dedicated to him.
External links
Media related to Mountains of Cilento at Wikimedia Commons
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