Vulture is a volcano who was active until the Pleistocene age, today its slopes are fully covered with a dense and lush vegetation benefited from the natural fertility of soils that develop from rocks volcanic.
Extensive and valuable are the chestnut woods: Brownish Melfi D.O.P. is a protected designation of delicious chestnuts that are produced in these places. In the area of Mount Vulture extends over 1,500 hectares of red grape variety Aglianico. Aglianico del Vulture is in fact considered one of the greatest red wines of Italy. The companies in the area are about forty and produce, annually, about two and a half million bottles.
Rich vegetation, characterised by beech, pine, fir and chestnut woods, create an enchanting frame to the Monticchio Lakes. They formed on the crater of the extinguished volcano.
the true symbol of Venosa is the Unfinished Church of the Trinity, an evocative symphony in stone, which seduces the observer by its very incompleteness