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MONTE VULTURE (anc. Vultur)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 780 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MONTE

MONTE See also:
VULTURE
VULTURE (anc. Vultur) , a See also:

MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain of See also:

BASILICATA

Basilicata, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

POTENZA (anc. Potentia)

Potenza, the See also:

SUMMIT

summit of which is about 5 M. S. of See also:

MELFI

Melfi. It is an See also:

EXTINCT

extinct See also:

VOLCANO

volcano rising to 4365 ft. above See also:

sea-level, belonging in See also:

ROMAN

Roman times to See also:

APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

Apulia, and lying on the boundary between it and Lucania. The See also:

CRATER

crater is densely overgrown with oaks and beeches which See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour See also:

WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild boars and wolves. There are two small lakes. On the See also:

banks of the upper See also:

lake stand the Capuchin monastery of See also:

SAN

San Michele and the picturesque ruined See also:

church of Sant' Ippolito. The See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Rionero in Volture is pleasantly situated 27 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail N. of Potenza, at the See also:

FOOT

foot of Monte Vulture. Pop. (1901), 11,834. It does not seem to be older than the first See also:

HALF

half of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. In 1851 it suffered severely from an See also:

EARTHQUAKE

See G. de Lorenzo, See also:

VENOSA (anc. Venusia, q.v.)

Venosa e la regione del Vulture (See also:

Bergamo, 1906).

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