The Sibillini Mountains , or Sibylline Mountains ( Italian : Monti Sibillini ) are one of the major mountain groups in the Italian Peninsula , and part of the Apennines range. Most of the peaks are over 2,000 m (6,600 ft); the highest is Monte Vettore at 2,476 m (8,123 ft).
3-645: Since 1993 the area has been part of the Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini (Sibillini Mountains National Park). The present-day landscape morphology, predominantly U-shaped valleys and glacial depressions, is due to the action of glaciers during the Quaternary period. The name Sibylline goes back to a legend about a cave in the mountains (today known as the Sibyl cave ), where a male oracle and necromancer took refuge to escape Christian persecutions against paganism in
6-443: The grazing of sheep. 42°49′26″N 13°16′32″E / 42.82389°N 13.27556°E / 42.82389; 13.27556 Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini The Monti Sibillini National Park ( Italian : Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini ) is an Italian national park located across the regions of Marche and Umbria , encompassing the provinces of Macerata , Fermo , Ascoli Piceno and Perugia . It
9-461: The late Roman period, and who occasionally revealed secrets of the future. Necromancers and knights travelled from across Europe, after exhausting journeys, to try to obtain a prophesy. The small Lago di Pilato within a deep U-shaped valley below Monte Vettore, is home to a crustacean endemic to this location, Chirocephalus marchesonii . The area contains stands of beech scattered amongst open subalpine grasslands and meadows maintained by
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