Monte Stella (Calabria)

This article is about the mountain in Calabria, Italy. For hill and city park in Milan, see Monte Stella (Milan). For the mountain in Campania, see Monte Stella (Cilento).

Monte Stella
Monte Stella, seen from the territory of Pazzano.
Highest point
Elevation	832 m (2,730 ft)
Coordinates	38°16′53″N 16°15′51″E
Geography
Monte Stella Location in Italy
Location	Calabria, Italy
Parent range	Serre Calabresi

Monte Stella is a mountain in the Serre Calabresi, in the Locride, Calabria, southern Italy. It is part of the Vallata dello Stilaro, in the comune of Pazzano.

Monte Stella is composed of Jurassic limestones.

History

At the base of the limestone rocks, at their conjunction with a Paleozoic bed, are limonite (iron mineral) rocks whose exploitation started from around 1000 CE. The mines continued to work until the late 19th century.

Until the 17th century the mountain was home to a hermitage of Orthodox monks, later replaced by Basilian monks. In the cave of the sanctuary is a statue in Sicilian style, sculpted in 1562.

Hermitage of Santa Maria della Stella.

See also

• Hermit of Santa Maria della Stella

Sources

• Blanchard, Paul (2007). Southern Italy. London: Somerset Books. ISBN 978-1-905131-18-1.