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Gran Sasso d'Italia

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Gran Sasso d'Italia , mountain group of the central Apennines, in Abruzzi, central Italy. It rises to c.9,560 ft (2,914 m) in Monte Corno, the highest peak in the Apennines. Campo Imperatore, a mountaineering and skiing resort, may be reached by cable car. Mussolini was confined there after his fall from power but was rescued by German paratroopers.

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Gran Sasso d'Italia, Abruzzo/Italy A mountain area meaning ‘Great Rock of Italy’ from sasso ‘rock’.
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