Monte Cetona
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| Monte Cetona | |
|---|---|
 Overall view | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,148 m (3,766 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 551 m (1,808 ft) |
| Isolation | 21.13 km (13.13 mi) |
| Coordinates | 42°55′48″N 11°52′33″E / 42.9299591°N 11.8758066°E |
| Geography | |
  Monte Cetona Italy | |
| Location | Tuscany, Italy |
| Parent range | Tuscan Antiapennines |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | limestone.[2] |
The Monte Cetona is a mountain located in the southern Tuscany region of Italy.
Summit cross
The mountain stands near the SE border of the province of Siena, and closes the long, hilly ridge which divides val d'Orcia from val di Chiana. It belongs to the comuni of Cetona, San Casciano dei Bagni, Radicofani and Sarteano. On its SW slopes, on Poggio Gello, is located the spring of the river Orcia, while downstream of the mountain, South of the summit, stands the lago di San Casciano.
Not far from the summit there are several transmission masts whose broadcasts, due to prominence and isolation of the mountain, can reach the areas of Perugia, Orvieto and Arezzo. The Monte Cetona belongs to a S.C.I. also named Monte Cetona (code IT5190012), which covers an area of 1604 ha.[3]
On the mountain top stands a high metallic summit cross, built in 1967. It was realised to replace smaller crosses settled there after the II World War. The realization of the project was promoted in 1965 by the parishes of Diocese of Chiusi, after the return of the local bishop from Rome where he took part in the Second Vatican Council. It was officially inaugurated on October the 1st of the same year by Brunetto Bucciarelli-Ducci, former president of the Italian Camera dei Deputati.[4] The lighting system was turned on for the first time June 29, 1968 at 9 o'clock in the evening, via radio control, by Pope Paul VI.[5] The cross is 10 metres wide, 15 metres high and its weight is 6.200 tonnes.[4]
