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The Madonie (Italian pronunciation: [madoˈniːe]; Sicilian: Madunìi) are one of the principal mountain ranges on the island of Sicily, located in the Northern part of the island.

Its name comes from the feud of Madonìa which belonged to the noble family of La Farina from Palermo and then to the Marquises Crescimanni of Madonìa.

Geography

The range is located within Palermo Province of Sicily. It is part of the Sicilian extension of the Apennine Mountains System that runs along the Italian Peninsula.

The range includes the next highest elevation mountain summits of Sicily after Mount Etna. The highest peak of the range is Pizzo Carbonara at 1,979 metres (6,493 ft), followed by neighboring Pizzo Antenna at 1,977 metres (6,486 ft).

Madonie Regional Natural Park

The mountains were safeguarded in 1989 by the formation of the Madonie Regional Natural Park, a regional natural park.

Madonie Geopark is a member of the European Geoparks Network and the UNESCO Global Network of National Geoparks.[1]

Features

Within the park area, there are outcrops of rocks that have been dated over a 200-million-year period and represent all aspects of the geology of Sicily apart from present-day volcanic activity. There is a wide range of fossils present within the mountains' rocks.[1] Buildings made from these rocks in the Madonie's towns often show visible fossils.

The area was famous for the Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie, where the Targa Florio race was held from 1906 to 1977.

See also

• Mountain ranges of Sicily
• Protected areas of the Apennines

References

External links

• (in English)—Official Madonie Regional Natural Park website
• (in English)—UNESCO.org: Madonie Natural Park

На других языках

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[de] Madonie

Die Madonie oder Le Madonie (Plural, die Betonung liegt auf dem i; deutsch: die Madonien) sind eine Gebirgskette ziemlich genau in der Mitte der Nordküste von Sizilien. Das Gebirge befindet sich südlich von Cefalù und gehört zur Metropolitanstadt Palermo. Als Circuito delle Madonie dienten die dortigen Bergstraßen von 1906 bis 1977 als Austragungsort der Targa Florio.

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- [en] Madonie

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[fr] Madonies

Les Madonies (en sicilien : Marunìi) sont une chaîne de montagnes sicilienne de la province de Palerme qui fait partie des Apennins siciliens, avec les monts Péloritains et les monts Nébrodes (dans la province de Messine) et avec les monts palermitains.

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[it] Madonie

Le Madonìe o Madonìa (in siciliano Li Marunìi) sono una breve dorsale montuosa posta nella parte settentrionale della Sicilia, interamente compresa nella città metropolitana di Palermo. Si trovano ad ovest dei Monti Nebrodi e dei monti Peloritani. Questi ultimi sono compresi nella città metropolitana di Messina. Questi tre gruppi montuosi formano l'appennino siculo[1]. Il gruppo è costituito, nella sua parte centrale, da un altopiano carsico che comprende le vette più alte della Sicilia dopo l'Etna.

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[ru] Мадоние

Мадони́е (итал. Madonie, сиц. Madunìi) — горный хребет на севере острова Сицилия.

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