The Lagorai is a mountain range in the

Eastern Alps The Eastern Alps are usually defined as the area east of a line from Lake Constance and the Alpine Rhine valley, up to the Splügen Pass at the Main chain of the Alps, Alpine divide, and down the Liro (Como), Liro River to Lake Como in the south. ...

, in

Trentino Trentino (), officially the Autonomous Province of Trento (; ; ), is an Autonomous province#Italy, autonomous province of Italy in the Northern Italy, country's far north. Trentino and South Tyrol constitute the Regions of Italy, region of Tren ...

, northern

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. It is located between the Monte Panarotta (16 km) from

Trento Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...

and

Rolle Pass The Rolle Pass () (1989 m) is a mountain pass in Trentino in Italy which can be reached by motor vehicles. It connects the Fiemme and Primiero valleys, and the communities of Predazzo, San Martino di Castrozza and Fiera di Primiero. The ...

, for a length of some 70 km. It is bounded southwards by the

Valsugana The Valsugana (, ) or Sugana Valley is one of the most important valleys in the autonomous province of Trentino in Northern Italy. Leading into the Alps' foothills, an important main north-south Roman road, the Via Claudia Augusta, one of Europ ...

, by the

Val di Fiemme 300px, Location of the Fiemme Valley in Trentino. 300px, The Passo_Lusia.html" ;"title="Lagorai seen from Passo Lusia">Lagorai seen from Passo Lusia. Fiemme Valley (, ) is a valley in the Trentino Provinces of Italy, province, i.e. the southern ...

from the north, the Val di Cembra from the west and the

Primiero The Primiero (''Primier'' in local dialect) is a valley located in the eastern part of Trentino, Italy. It consists of eight municipalities ('): Canal San Bovo, Fiera di Primiero, Imer, Trentino, Imèr, Mezzano, Sagron Mis, Siror, Siròr, Tonadi ...

and Vanoi eastwards. The chain is mostly made of

porphyry Porphyry (; , ''Porphyrios'' "purple-clad") may refer to: Geology * Porphyry (geology), an igneous rock with large crystals in a fine-grained matrix, often purple, and prestigious Roman sculpture material * Shoksha porphyry, quartzite of purple c ...

rocks. It was the site of fierce mine warfare on the Italian Front in the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. The north-eastern part in the massif is part of the

Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Natural Park The Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Natural Park () is a nature reserve in Trentino, Italy. Established in 1967, it stretches over nearly in the Dolomites (in the territory of seven municipalities, all in the Province of Trento), encompassing th ...

. Near the Rolle Pass, at 2,000 m altitude, are the small lakes of Colbricon, home of pre-historic settlements dating to the

Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...

age.

Highest peaks

* Cima di Cece, 2,754 m *Coston dei Slavaci, 2,708 m *Cime di Ceremana, 2,699 m *Cime di Bragarolo, 2,692 m *Cima Valon, 2,678 m * Lastè delle Sute, 2,616 m *Colbricon, 2,602 m * Cima delle Stellune, 2,597 m *Cima di Lagorai, 2,585 m *Cima Valbona, 2,556 m * Cima Litegosa, 2,548 m *Cima di Cupola, 2,547 m *Cimon di Lasteolo, 2,544 m *Castel di Bombasel, 2,532 m *Colrotondo, 2,532 m *Cima Moregna, 2,516 m *Busa Alta, 2,513 m *Piccolo Colbricon, 2,511 m * Monte Cauriol, 2,494 m *Cimon di Val Moena, 2,481 m *

Cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to * Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae ***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...

, 2,481 m *Monte Ziolera, 2,478 m *Cima di Valmaggiore, 2,476 m *Castel delle Aie, 2,475 m *Canzenagol, 2,457 m *Montalon, 2,435 m *Pala del Becco, 2,421 m *Monte Formentone, 2,414 m *Cima di Valbona, 2,413 m *Cimon del To della Trappola, 2,400 m * Cavallazza, 2,324 m

References

{{reflist Mountain ranges of Trentino Fiemme Mountains

Highest peaks

See also

References