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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).

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^{[citation needed]} in 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.

Wildlife and vegetation

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 the grazing of sheep.

Sources

Gentili, Bernardino (April 2002). "Note di Geomorfologia del Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini". Collana dei Quaderni scientifico-divulgativi del Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini. Ancona: Aniballi Grafiche.

42°49′26″N 13°16′32″E / 42.82389°N 13.27556°E / 42.82389; 13.27556

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+{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
-[[image:MontiSibilliniUmbriaItalia.jpg|thumb|300px|A summer view of the Monti Sibillini.]]
-The '''Sibillini Mountains''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Monti Sibillini'') are a mountain group in [[Italy]], part of the central [[Apennine Mountains|Apennines]]. Situated between eastern [[Umbria]] and the [[Marche]], they are mostly composed of [[limestone]] rocks, formed in the [[Mesozoic]] and [[Cenozoic]] (100 to 50 million years ago) on the bottom of an extinct sea. The land emerged 20 million years ago. Most of the peaks are over {{convert|2000|m|ft|abbr=on}}; the highest altitude is reached by [[Monte Vettore]] at {{convert|2476|m|ft|abbr=on}}.
+[[File:Piani di Castelluccio June 2016.jpg|thumb|300px|Lentil and poppy blooming on Piani di Castelluccio.]]
+[[File:Monti Sibillini.jpg|thumb|300px|A summer view of the Monti Sibillini.]]
+The '''Sibillini Mountains''', or Sibylline Mountains ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Monti Sibillini'') are one of the major mountain groups in the [[Italian Peninsula]], and part of the [[Apennine Mountains|Apennines]] range. Most of the peaks are over {{convert|2000|m|ft|abbr=on}}; the highest is [[Monte Vettore]] at {{convert|2476|m|ft|abbr=on}}.
 Since 1993 the area has been part of the [[Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini]] (Sibillini Mountains National Park).
-The current morphology, largely dominated by U-shaped valleys and glacial depressions, is due to the action of [[glacier]]s in the [[Quaternary]] period. Also regions of [[Karst topography]] are in evidence, caused by extension of the crust beneath western Italy and the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]].
+The present-day landscape morphology, predominantly U-shaped valleys and glacial depressions, is due to the action of [[glacier]]s during the [[Quaternary]] period.
+The name Sibylline goes back to a legend about a cave in the mountains (today known as the [[Sibyl's Cave|Sibyl cave]]), where a male [[oracle]] and necromancer took refuge to escape Christian persecutions against paganism{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}} in the late Roman period, and who occasionally revealed secrets of the future. [[Necromancy|Necromancers]] and knights travelled from across Europe, after exhausting journeys, to try to obtain a prophesy.
 ==Wildlife and vegetation==
 *[[crested porcupine]]
-*[[eurasian eagle owl]]
+*[[Eurasian eagle owl]]
 *[[golden eagle]]
 *[[peregrine falcon]]
 *[[roe deer]]
-*[[vipera aspis|vipera]]
+*[[vipera aspis|viper]]
 *[[Wild cat|wildcat]]
 *[[wolf]]
-The small tarn lake of Pilato, within a deep u-shaped valley below Monte Vettore, is home to a [[crustacean]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] of this location, the ''[[Chirocephalus marchesonii]]''.
+The small [[Lago di Pilato]] within a deep U-shaped valley below Monte Vettore, is home to a [[crustacean]] [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to this location, ''[[Chirocephalus marchesonii]]''.
 The area contains stands of [[beech]] scattered amongst open subalpine grasslands and meadows maintained by the grazing of sheep.
 ==See also==
-*[[Apennine Mountains|Apennines]]
+*[[Apennine hello|Apennines]]
 *[[Geography of Italy]]
+*[[Monte Ascensione]]
 ==Sources==
-*{{cite book|first=Bernardino|last=Gentili|chapter=Note di Geomorfologia del Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini|title=Collana dei Quaderni scientifico-divulgativi del Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini|publisher=Aniballi Grafiche|location=Ancona|month=April|year=2002 }}
+*{{cite book|first=Bernardino|last=Gentili|chapter=Note di Geomorfologia del Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini|title=Collana dei Quaderni scientifico-divulgativi del Parco Nazionale dei Monti Sibillini|publisher=Aniballi Grafiche|location=Ancona|date=April 2002 }}
 {{coord|42|49|26|N|13|16|32|E|type:mountain_region:IT|display=title}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Apennine Mountains]]
+[[Category:Mountain ranges of the Apennines]]
 [[Category:Mountain ranges of Italy|Sibillini]]
 [[Category:Mountains of Marche|Sibillini]]

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