Giro d # 39; Italy 1999-1908 Gran Sasso Pantani
The three main peaks of the Gran Sasso are Corno Grande shown here, which at 2,912 meters 9.554 feet is the highest peak of the Apennines, Piccolo near Corno and Pizzo Intermesoli, which is separated from the other two peaks of Val Maone, a deep valley Corno Grande and Corno Piccolo coloring ashes come from their limestone and dolomite composition peaks are covered with snow for much of the year although the snow cover is less each decade Corno Piccolo is called the giant asleep This is due to the appearance of a profile of a face tilted to Corno Piccolo This is evident when viewing the mountain Pietracamela, a small town near Prati di Tivo on the north side of the mountain Corno Grande and Corno Piccolo with their rough vertical walls provide serious rock climbers with challenges.
Located below the peak of Corno Grande is the Calderone glacier until 2009 the southernmost glacier known in Europe; deglaciation significantly reduced the size of glaciologists glacier issue now if the glacier survive past 2020.
The middle reduce the slopes of Gran Sasso graze in the spring, summer and fall by the large flocks of sheep guarded by sheepdogs Maremma-Abruzzese and the herds of cattle and semi-wild horses Pastures are covered with grass fields and wildflowers Meadowland park is also home to diverse wildlife of rare species like the Apennine wolf the bear Marsicano wildcat and chamois Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata Abruzzo, a variety of buff on the edge of extinction, but now making a comeback in the park through a joint effort WWF Italia and administration of other species of wildlife park are foxes boar snakes as the meadow viper and a wide variety of birds, including golden eagles ortolan buntings rock sparrow hawks pilgrims crested larks and pipits shrikes fluffy.
At the northern base of Corno Piccolo is Prati di Tivo, a ski village east of Corno Grande and Corno Piccolo Campo Imperatore lies a 27 km long 17-mile and 8 km wide high plain-mile or 5 0 plateau at about 2000 meters high Campo Imperatore is home to the oldest commercial ski area operating continuously, Italy 6,600 feet connected by cable Fonte Cerreto.
A mid-way hotel at the top of Campo Imperatore is where the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was imprisoned from August to September 1943, when he was released by a Nazi commando operation The plateau is also the site of the Campo Imperatore station of the Rome Observatory on which Campo Imperatore Near-Earth object Survey and other astronomical studies are carried out on the southern edge of Campo Imperatore and the national park boundaries are three medieval towns once ruled by the Medicis hill ; Calascio, in front of ancient ruined fortress of Rocca di Calascio, Santo Stefano di Sessanio and Castel del Monte.
In 2005, a high peak 2424 meters 7953 feet formerly called The Policeman was renamed Peak John Paul II on what would have been Pope John Paul II 85th Anniversary 1 He had visited many times Gran Sasso, saying that it reminded him of the mountains of his native Poland.
In 1984, a road tunnel 10 kilometers 6 two-way 2-mile with the A24 Autostrade Traforo del Gran Sasso has been drilled through the Gran Sasso massif In 1995, a second parallel tunnel was completed construction of the tunnel included a physical basement laboratory particles Assergi, the Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso Gran Sasso National laboratory or the first great experiences he started in 1989.
The laboratory consists of three large underground chambers, sometimes collectively the third tunnel is located below 1,400 meters 4,600 feet of rock construction of the laboratory and second tunnel face fierce opposition from Italian and international environmental groups, including Pro Natura, LIPU and the Italian Alpine Club and the World wildlife Federation and WWF Italia, Greenpeace and friends of environmentalists Earth noted that nuclear physics laboratory would be on or near two major seismic faults and very active that tunnel construction would interfere with a major aquifer and construction waste degrade an ecologically sensitive and important area of the underground laboratory, which opened in 1989, with its low background radiation is used for experiments in particle physics nuclear, including the study of neutrinos cosmic rays high Nuclear energy dark matter decay, as well as the geology and biology Laboratory empl oys over 700 scientists from twenty different countries Many of those who credit the opposition created by the tunnel and laboratory building with galvanize the Italian environmental movement and even leading to the creation of the National Park of Gran Sasso in 1991. In recent years, the laboratory itself began promoting the preservation of the Gran Sasso environment.
The LNGS was the destination of the neutrinos involved in the announcement anomaly faster than light neutrino public in September 2011.
In the summer of 2014 the installation helped confirm previous theories on the main power source when produced by fusion proton-proton sun 2-neutrinos were detected and measured substantially at the base of the sun .
The Gran Sasso is located in the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga Crossing this unspoilt National Park is part of the Italian state SS80 Highway 80, known as the Grand Road of Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park Strada del Maestra By co .
Although frequented by skiers in winter and mountain climbers and hikers in other seasons, the Gran Sasso is remarkably free of tourists despite its proximity to Rome and the events of the Gran Sasso raid that took place there in 1943. This is especially true in the summer with most Italians prefer beach holidays and foreign visitors are more likely to visit the mountains of northern Italy.
Pope John Paul II secretly loved skiing at Gran Sasso, where he often withdraw and pray at the church of San Pietro della Ienca When he died Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz gave the local community Abruzzo little blood as the late pontiff a sign of the love he felt for the mountainous region 3.
The Gabriel Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows in Isola del Gran Sasso d Italia with an average of 2 million visitors per year is one of the 15 most visited shrines in the world 4.
Gran Sasso d Italia, granny, Sasso, italia, Corno Grande Corno.