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Aspromonte is at the Southern most part of the Appenines.
Aspromonte is today a protected area and home to a number of extremely rare species such as the Monelli eagle and the tropical fern.
The most famous sites of the Aspromonte are Montalto, Gambarte, the Polsi Sanctuary, the Zervò Sanctuary, the village of Zomaro, Pentedattilo, Monte Tre Pizzi, Rocche San Pietro, Piani di Junco, Piani di Carmelia, Gallicianò, Monte Stella, Diga sul Menta, Stignano, Lake Costantino, the Maesano Waterfalls, Santa Giorgia, Pietra Cappa, Roghudi Vecchio and Piani di Melia.
A natural patrimony that extends in a surface nearly 80,000 hectares, that embraces all the Aspromonte from the 800 meters in on, and is involved 37 common ones of the province of Reggio Calabria.
The massive Aspromonte is formed in prevalence from a group of metamorfiche cliffs, comprising small granitiche parts, encircled from cliff of sedimentario type.
Aspromonte, Dam on the Mint: the billions on the water
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