Monte Stella (Calabria)

Monte Stella is a mountain in the Serre Calabresi, in the Locride, Calabria, southern Italy.

It is part of the Vallata dello Stilaro, in the comune of Pazzano.

Monte Stella is composed of Jurassic limestones.

At the base of the limestone rocks, at their conjunction with a Paleozoic bed, are limonite (iron mineral) rocks whose exploitation started from around 1000 CE.

In the cave of the sanctuary is a statue in Sicilian style, sculpted in 1562.

Hermitage of Santa Maria della Stella.