Abruzzo is as strong and gentle as its valleys: imperious walls of Dolomite memory and vast plateaus swept by the wind and the sun.

Three mountain groups (Monti della Laga, Gran Sasso and Majella) follow one another, forming one of the largest green lungs in Europe.

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Pastoralism and banditry have made the history of these lands which, despite being abandoned,

still constitute a world of their own, secluded in the heart of Italy.