Images from the Gran Sasso, Abruzzo

Until the sixteenth century, the area of the Gran Sasso was characterized by the presence of huge forests. From the 16th and 17th century intensive logging operations began to provide new pastures. The Aquilan side is presently mostly devoted to sheep and cattle breeding.

[The photos were taken at different times before 1998 by Gigi Carraro, photographer from Pavia.]