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Monte Pruno
Highest point
Elevation879 m (2,884 ft)
Geography
Monte Pruno is located in Italy
Monte Pruno
Monte Pruno
Italy
LocationCilento, Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy
Parent rangeLucan Apennines, of the Apennine Mountains

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

Media related to Monte Pruno at Wikimedia Commons