Monte Vettore, Mountain summit in Ascoli Piceno Province, Italy

Monte Vettore is a broad, rounded summit of pale gray and taupe limestone, the highest peak of the Monti Sibillini at 2,476 m. Its barren, rock-strewn crest rises toward the right, with horizontal bands of whitish rock across the mid-slope and darker gullies cutting down the foreground. The massif has a U-shaped arrangement of peaks, including Cima del Redentore (2,448 m) and Pizzo del Diavolo (2,410 m).

Local medieval tradition held that the Apennine Sibyl, a prophetess outside Classical Antiquity, was condemned by God to dwell in a cavern beneath Monte Vettore and await Judgement Day. Andrea da Barberino worked this legend into Il Guerrin Meschino around 1410, and Ortelius's 16th-century atlas located her cave here, which locals also called the Lady Venus mount.

Local stories call this peak the crown of Queen Sibilla, a legendary figure said to have lived in a cave near the summit. The distinctive red cliffs that mark the mountain's upper reaches shape how the place is known and remembered by people in the region.

Hikers can reach the summit by following marked trails from several starting points in the surrounding area. A mountain shelter offers refuge for those who need to rest during the climb or spend the night.

The Cordone del Vettore, a band of bare rock and gravel crossing the slope, is known as the Path of the Fairies: legend says the fairies of Monte Vettore danced too long with the young men of Pretare and fled at dawn, their goat feet gouging the trail. The fault scarp reactivated in the 2016 earthquake.