Monte Scuderi ( high) is a mountain of the

Peloritani The Peloritani ( Sicilian: , it, Monti Peloritani) are a mountain range of north-eastern Sicily, in southern Italy, extending for some from Capo Peloro to the Nebrodi Mountains. On the north and east they are bordered by the Tyrrhenian ...

range located in northeast

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. It boasts a flat rocky peak from where it's possible to view a superb panorama including the

Strait of Messina The Strait of Messina ( it, Stretto di Messina, Sicilian: Strittu di Missina) is a narrow strait between the eastern tip of Sicily ( Punta del Faro) and the western tip of Calabria ( Punta Pezzo) in Southern Italy. It connects the Tyrrhenian S ...

, Mount Etna, the Aeolian Islands and the Calabria coast. A cave and ancient ruins lie on the summit and they say also that a split that is on that mount was created when

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died. A popular attraction to the peak is the myth of buried treasure. Trails to its top start from the towns of

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, Alì and from the Santissima gorge near

Fiumedinisi Fiumedinisi ( Sicilian: ''Ciumidinisi'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about southwest of Messina. Fiumedinisi borders the following municipa ...

. The mountain is home to a

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