Montalto (Aspromonte)

{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}

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| name = Montalto

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| elevation_m = 1955

| elevation_ref = [http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/EuroCoreP1500m.html "Europe Ultra-Prominences"] Peaklist.org. Retrieved 2012-03-02.

| prominence_m = 1709

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| listing = Ultra

| map = Italy

| map_caption = Location in Italy

| map_size = 250

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| location = Calabria, Italy

| range = Aspromonte

| coordinates = {{coord|38|09|32|N|15|55|16|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Montalto is the highest peak of the Aspromonte, a massif in southern Calabria in Southern Italy. Located near Gambarie in the province of Reggio Calabria, it has an elevation of {{convert|1955|m|ft|0}} above sea level. It is part of the Aspromonte National Park.

The Territorial Abbey and Sanctuary of Santa Maria di Polsi, a Christian sanctuary in the heart of the Aspromonte mountains, is situated at the bottom of a gorge at an altitude of 865 metres surrounded by high mountains on the east side of the Montalto.[http://www2.sofi.se/ritualyear/Abstracts/Muraca.pdf The Pilgrimage of our Lady of Polsi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522083927/http://www2.sofi.se/ritualyear/Abstracts/Muraca.pdf|date=2011-05-22}}, by Giovanni Orlando Muraca, Università degli Studi della Calabria The sanctuary is difficult to reach and until some years ago could only be reached by foot.{{Cite book |last=Magrini |first=Tullia |title=Music and Gender: Perspectives from the Mediterranean, |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=2005 |isbn=0-226-50165-5 |location=Chicago |pages=149-150}}