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MEMORIES FROM GRAN SASSO: PRIDE

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.

The imposing Gran Sasso’s Corno Grande

Corno Grande (2912 m a.s.l.) is the highest peak of the Gran Sasso d’Italia mountain range and the continental Apennines. It is located in the central Abruzzo Apennines within the territory of the municipalities of Pietracamela and Isola del Gran …

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The ancient castle of Rocca Calascio, among the fifteen most beautiful in the world

In the Gran Sasso National Park, surrounded by breathtaking scenery, stands one of the most beautiful castles in the world: the ROCCA CALASCIO Castle. The ancient fortress is located on a mountain ridge 1,512 meters above sea level, in a …

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Testimonies and memories of the men who worked on the Tunnel

Strada dei Parchi in the video “The Memories of the Gran Sasso” has collected the testimonies and stories of those who, in those 60s and 70s very different from today, worked in the construction site of the Gran Sasso Tunnel

The lentils of Santo Stefano di Sessanio, a Slowfood presidium grown in the shadow of Gran Sasso

A famous variety of lentils is grown in Santo Stefano di Sessanio, in the province of L’Aquila, which is also a Slowfood presidium due to its harvesting method and characteristics. They are a traditional product of the Abruzzo region and …

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