Monte Tambura, Mountain summit in Alpi Apuane, Tuscany, Italy

Monte Tambura is a 1,891-metre summit in the Alpi Apuane, on the border between the provinces of Lucca and Massa-Carrara, and the second highest peak of the chain after Monte Pisanino. It lies within the Parco naturale regionale delle Alpi Apuane, with the summit in the municipality of Vagli di Sotto. Historic quarries of prized marble cut into its slopes.

Monte Tambura's slopes carry historic quarries of prized marble, worked for centuries. The summit path passes the Aronte bivouac at Passo della Focolaccia (1,659 m), named after the Etruscan seer Aruns cited by Dante in the Divine Comedy. Dante also names the mountain itself, as "Tambernicchi", in Inferno XXXII, comparing the ice of Cocytus to it.

Dante's Inferno, Canto XXXII, names the mountain as "Tambernicchi": the ice of Cocytus, he writes, would not crack even if Monte Tambura and the Pania were dropped on it. The Aronte bivouac at Passo della Focolaccia (1,659 m) takes its name from the Etruscan soothsayer Aruns, also cited by Dante.

The easiest ascent starts from Arnetola, at about 900 m near Vagli di Sopra, following CAI trail 35 along the Via Vandelli to Passo della Tambura (1,634 m). From the pass, trail 148 covers the last 350 m of climb to the summit. The Via Vandelli from Resceto (465 m) is also easy, while trails 166 and 166 bis are steeper. The Vecchiacchi via ferrata was unusable as of May 2016.

Dante's Inferno, Canto XXXII, names the mountain as "Tambernicchi": the ice of Cocytus, he says, would not crack even if Monte Tambura and the Pania were dropped on it. The peak's name thus appears in the Divine Comedy alongside the Pania della Croce.