Horses grazing on the Campo Imperatore plateau, aka "Little Tibet" in Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, near L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy.

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Horses grazing on the Campo Imperatore plateau, a mountain grassland of alpine meadows formed by a high basin shaped plateau located above Gran Sasso massif, the largest plateau of Apennine ridge. Known as "Little Tibet", it is located in Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, near L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy. The natural park was established in 1991, it has an area of 2,014 square kilometres (778 sq mi), and it is mainly spread out across the province of Teramo, L'Aquila, Pescara.

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Size: 9000px × 3740px
Location: Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, Italy
Photo credit: © George Munday / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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