Italy has several active Volcanoes. Mounts Vesuvius and Etna are the two of most famous. There are also a number of other, inactive, volcanoes to be found around the Living Museum.
Can you guess which volcano this is in Italy? Or rather was, as it has been inactive for a lot longer than most of Italy’s politicians! Quips he, wickedly.
Again, this week’s Guess Where in Italy? quiz is just for fun, as well as to show off Italy a little. This is something I like doing; admits he, unashamedly.
OK, on to the Guess Where in Italy? picture.
Italians are more than welcome to have a go too.
Where is this in Italy?
Guess where this is in Italy?
I’d like the name of this extinct volcano and the Italian region in which it is to be found.
As I said at the start of this post, there is no prize, aside from the satisfaction of knowing Italy rather well. For this, if you manage to guess correctly, you are welcome to give yourself a pat on the back.
Guesses via a comment. If nobody has any clue as to where this is, I’ll add one on Thursday.
The answer will be given this Saturday.
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Hi Alex,
The name of this extinct volcano is Mount Vulture (pronounced “Vooltooreh”) – located 56 km north of the city Potenza in the Basilicata region!
(I had fun trawing the internet for the answer to this quiz. It is always nice to learn something new about Italy).
By the way, I’ve only been able to read your blog lately through the blog post titles…when I put in http://www.blogfrom italy.com it comes up as a blank screen. Are you aware of this glitch?
Best wishes,
Nora
Wow Nora – you are right again! Well done! You do seem to know Italy rather well!
How did you find the answer?
As for the blank page thing – this is odd. When I view BFI in another location – using Internet Explorer, it works OK. And from my computer everything seems fine.
Have you tried clearing your browser cache? And then refreshing the page? Let me know how you get on.
Thanks for letting me know about this.
Best,
Alex
I cleared the browser cache as you suggested and it is working fine now. Thanks!
As to how I found the answer, I just looked up extinct volcanoes on Wikipedia. I was surprised at how many there were in Italy – about 25! I had an interesting read about each of them and then saw the same photo as your above under ‘Monte Vulture’. Basilicata is a region that I know very little about; after discovering this I’d like to know more.
Glad the browser cache trick worked! Do let me know if the site plays up again.
Good to hear that I got you hunting around the www! Yes, Italy does have quite a number of extinct volcanoes, this is true.
Basilicata, which is not well known, and I do not know what the tourism experience there is like, but attractions do exist in this Italian region. One of many examples: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelmezzano
I’m still discovering Italy, and I’ve lived here for years!
All the best, and once again well done!
Alex