Monte Pruno is a mountain in the southern Cilento region of the Province of Salerno, in the Campania region, of southern Italy. It is 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.
The mountain dominates the strategic mountain pass connecting the Vallo di Diano to the surrounding valley networks, acting as a crucial geographic link within the Lucan Apennines.
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 Monte Bulgheria Monte Stella
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