Montagne del Morrone

The Montagne del Morrone are a mountain group in Abruzzo, central Italy, part of the Apennines.

Vegetation include typical Apennine woods of beech and mountain pine, as well as the rare orchid species Nigritella widderi.

Wildlife include Marsican brown bear, italian wolf, mouflon, red deer, golden eagle, peregrine falcon, Eurasian eagle-owl and Ursini's viper.

On a terrace of Mount Morrone are the remains of a Roman villa which allegedly belonged to the poet Ovid, which have been recently recognized as a sanctuary of Hercules Curinus.

Here was found a small statue of Hercules resting, considered by some an original by Lysippos (now in the Archaeological Museum of Chieti).