"But perhaps the most impressive discovery (...) is the Vulture with its woods and the two lakes of Monticchio (...) The Vulture is an extinct volcano (...)

it abounds in medicinal mineral waters, only partly exploited. Geologists and anthropologists have dwelt on Vulture, as it is one of the Italian plains most suitable for their studies, not least because of the abundant remains of prehistoric life. For us, it will be linked to the memory above all of the Monticchio forest, which grows almost entirely on volcanic soil, and is among the most beautiful in Italy (...) it would seem a Christmas fantasy, with its almost a thousand different plants and its unusual fauna (...)"