Campo Imperatore is a mountain grassland or alpine meadow formed by a high basin shaped plateau located above Gran Sasso massif, the largest plateau of Apennine ridge. Known as "Little Tibet", it is located in Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, near L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy.
Campo Imperatore
Cows graze at Campo Imperatore beneath the Corno Grande in late summer
Village of Santo Stefano di Sessanio
Astronomic observatory Gran Sasso from Campo Imperatore
Gran Sasso d'Italia is a massif in the Apennine Mountains of Italy. Its highest peak, Corno Grande, is the highest mountain in the Apennines, and the second-highest mountain in Italy outside the Alps. The mountain lies within Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park.
Gran Sasso mountain, the highest peak in the Apennines
Panorama of Gran Sasso d'Italia. Monti della Laga is seen in the background.
Monte Prena in the chain of Gran Sasso.
Corno Grande in the chain of Gran Sasso.