Monte Salviano

Monte Salviano ([ˈmonte salˈvjaːno]) is a massif in the Abruzzo Apennines, Central Italy. It includes the peaks of Monte d'Aria (1,011 m (3,317 ft)), Monte Cimarani (1,108 m (3,635 ft)) and Monte San Felice (1,030 m (3,380 ft)). Since 1999 the area, falling within the municipal territory of Avezzano (Province of L'Aquila), has been included in the Riserva Naturale di Monte Salviano.[1]

Monte Salviano
View of Avezzano from Monte Salviano
Highest point
Elevation1,011 m (3,317 ft)
Coordinates42°01′54.9″N 13°24′04.4″E
Geography
Monte Salviano is located in Italy
Monte Salviano
Monte Salviano
Abruzzo, Italy
Parent rangeApennines

Description
View of Pietraquaria and Monte Velino from Salviano
View of the Salviano pinewood
A trail in Monte Salviano

The Salviano mountain range is situated along the watershed between the Fucino basin and the Piani Palentini, in Marsica. In 1993 a serious fire burnt down dozens of hectares of black pine in the pinewood planted by the prisoners of Avezzano concentration camp in 1916.[2] Ecological restoration, carried out through the reforestation of native and indigenous species, favoured the process of spontaneous regeneration consolidating the mountain area ecosystem.[3]

Since 1999, the Avezzano side entirely falls into the Riserva Naturale di Monte Salviano, a former peri-urban park.[1]

In 2005 Monte Salviano was indicated among Abruzzo sites of community importance.[4]

Etymology

There are two hypotheses about the origin of the name "Salviano": the first links the toponym to the remarkable presence of Salvia officinalis on the mountain; the other traces it back to the finding of some epigraphs explicitly referring to the gens Salvia in the Marsican area.[5][6]

View from the peak

From the Monte Salviano peak it is possible to admire the Monte Velino peaks in the north, the Piani Palentini in the west, and the Fucino basin, surrounded by the Monti Marsicani, in the east.

Cartography

References
  1. "Riserva Naturale Regionale del Monte Salviano - L'area protetta" (in Italian). parks.it. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. Paolo Guadagni (15 June 2012). "Appiccato il fuoco alla storica pineta del monte Salviano" (in Italian). Il Centro. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. "Relazione Generale dal Parco del Salviano alla Riserva Naturale Regionale guidata Monte Salviano" (PDF) (in Italian). Regione Abruzzo. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  4. "Sito di interesse comunitario" (in Italian). riservamontesalviano.it. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  5. Giovanni Pagani. "Avezzano e la sua storia: Madonna di Pietraquaria" (in Italian). Terre Marsicane. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  6. "Riserva Naturale Guidata Monte Salviano - Abruzzo" (in Italian). agraria.org. Retrieved 7 October 2018.

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