Of great charm, Mount Raparo stands 1761 meters above sea level, from where you can admire the whole panorama that embraces the valley of the river Agri. The mountain, with its harmonious forms, is on the natural watershed of the Agri and Sinni valleys with the top and most of the slopes that present with bare limestone slopes alternating with a sparse vegetation and from which you can enjoy an incomparable panoramic view of three hundred and sixty degrees.
The area of the mountain is crossed by many dirt roads and trails, with various difficulties and gradients, which allow to make interesting excursions and observe the environmental peculiarities of the territory. A mountain with a thousand horizons, sly and patient, but that knows how to surprise.
Along the slopes of Mount Raparo, a powerful testimony of Greek-Italian monasticism in the South, the Abbey of Sant'Angelo al Monte Raparo is located about six kilometers from the town of San Chirico Raparo. The monastic settlement was founded in the tenth century by a group of Basilian monks, who used the cave of Sant'Angelo al Monte Raparo as the first refuge, for the rites related to the cult of Saint Michael, founding the original cenobium. Built on the cave, the Abbey of Sant'Angelo al Monte Raparo was declared National Monument in 1927. It has been the subject of long and complex restoration works, which have affected both the building and the cave below. The monumental complex is also among the sites of environmental interest of the National Park of the Lucanian Apennines Val d'Agri Lagonegrese. The cave, characterized by the presence of stalagmites and stalactites, houses an important colony of bats, preserves a fresco depicting Saint Michael, as well as numerous galleries and ritual tanks, fed by the source Trigella.
