MONTE

See also:

• VULTURE

VULTURE (anc. Vultur)  , a mountain of Basilicata, Italy, in the province of Potenza, the summit of which is about 5 M . S. of Melfi . It is an extinct volcano rising to 4365 ft. above sea-level, belonging in Roman times to Apulia, and lying on the boundary between it and Lucania . The crater is densely overgrown with oaks and beeches which harbour wild boars and wolves . There are two small lakes . On the banks of the upper lake stand the Capuchin monastery of San Michele and the picturesque ruined church of Sant' Ippolito . The city of Rionero in Volture is pleasantly situated 27 M. by rail N. of Potenza, at the foot of Monte Vulture . Pop . (1901), 11,834 . It does not seem to be older than the first half of the 17th century . In 1851 it suffered severely from an earthquake . See G. de Lorenzo, Venosa e la regione del Vulture (Bergamo, 1906) .