Pizzo San Michele, Mountain peak in Monti Picentini Regional Park, Italy

Pizzo San Michele is a 1,567 meter mountain peak in Monti Picentini Regional Park with expansive views of the Salerno plains, Mount Vesuvius, the Partenio and Matese ranges, and the Gulf of Naples. The terrain features steep slopes, rocky passages, and green meadows that shift color with the seasons.

The summit sanctuary dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel is the highest Michaelic shrine in Italy. The mountain has drawn hikers for more than a century, and its peak lies within the Monti Picentini Regional Park, in the municipality of Calvanico, on the Salerno side of the ridge shared with Avellino province.

The sanctuary on the summit is the highest of Italy's sanctuaries dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. It is the destination of processions held throughout the year, and some of its rooms stay open as a shelter for hikers.

The summit sanctuary keeps some rooms permanently open as a shelter for hikers. The Casone de Fazio refuge lies at 1,120 m along CAI trail no. 115 (formerly no. 15). The summit stands in Calvanico, in the Monti Picentini Regional Park, on the Salerno side of the ridge.

The summit sanctuary of San Michele Arcangelo is the highest Michaelic shrine in Italy, and some of its rooms stay open as a shelter for hikers. A second refuge, Casone de Fazio, sits at 1,120 m along CAI trail no. 115.