Monte Faito
{{short description|Mountain in Italy}}
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Monte Faito is a mountain in the Monti Lattari, a small mountain range chain in the Campanian Pre-Apennines, on the Sorrentine Peninsula of southwestern Italy.
Geography
The summit has an elevation of {{Convert|1131|m|ft}}.
The mountain is mostly composed of limestone rocks, and has steep walls directly plunging into the sea at the Gulf of Salerno.
The name derives from the local dialect faggeto, referring to the great numbers of beeches in the mountain area.
Access
Monte Faito can be reached via the Faito aerial tramway from Castellammare di Stabia.{{Cite web |date=17 April 2025 |title=Cable car accident in southern Italy kills at least 4 people |url=https://apnews.com/article/fatal-cable-car-accident-italy-3fbb1c9b7803352a4b5c74903cb3830b |access-date=17 April 2025 |website=AP News |language=en}} Two fatal accidents occurred during the cable car's operating history: the first time in 1960, killing four passengers,{{Cite journal |title=Notes and News |journal=Railway Gazette |volume=113 |issue=8 |date=19 August 1960 |pages=230 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_railway-gazette-international_1960-08-19_113_8/page/n25/mode/2up |access-date=18 April 2025}} and the second in 2025, again killing four.{{Cite news |title=Israeli tourist among 4 killed in cable car crash near Naples |work=Ynetnews |date=17 April 2025 |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bko8ppjyel |access-date=18 April 2025}}
Other communes nearby include Vico Equense and Cava de' Tirreni.
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