MEMORIES FROM GRAN SASSO: THE EXCAVATION

Testimonies and memories of the men who worked on the Tunnel

Memories of the Gran Sasso. A series of videos in which the forgotten protagonists of a great work speak. Those men who worked for years in the bowels of the Gran Sasso. With their labor and their hands they created one of Italy’s greatest works, the longest double-bore tunnel in Europe. Their testimonies, charged with emotion, including the memory of those comrades who did not make it, gives us back a piece of our country’s history.

“Look, I’ve had quite a few punctures in my career but when we got a puncture at Gran Sasso what can I tell you, nothing to do with it.” -Bread and Dust. History and stories of Capistrello miners -.

THE EXCAVATION was carried out in full section using the traditional system with theuse of explosives and 7-arm jumbo drills, except in the fault-crossing areas, where the advance was preceded by a small tunnel and half-section excavation techniques.

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