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The Apuan Alps seen from Monte Groppi.
As I wrote to you some time ago, from the top of Monte Groppi, one of the mountains overlooking the Passo del Bracco (the road that goes from my Sestri Levante to La Spezia), you can enjoy an almost 360 degree view.
Looking east you can see, very clearly, the Apuan Alps.
You will have all recognized them, right?

Have you ever walked this trail?
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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.

To see all the photos I took along the trail, click here:

The adjective “Apuane” is linked to the population of the Apuan Ligurians, who populated part of the Ligurian and Tuscan-Emilian Apennines and the Apuan Alps in pre-Roman Italy. Strabo called them Lunae montes, meaning “mountains of the moon,” Dante Alighieri called them Monti di Luni, an ancient Roman city in the province of La Spezia.
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The Apuan Alps seen from Monte Groppi – Les Alpes Apuanes vues du Monte Groppi – Los Alpes Apuanos vistos desde Monte Groppi – Os Alpes Apuanos vistos do Monte Groppi – Die Apuanischen Alpen vom Monte Groppi aus gesehen – Dãy núi Apuan Alps nhìn từ Monte Groppi – 从 Monte Groppi 看到的 Apuan 阿尔卑斯山 – モンテ・グロッピから見たアプアン・アルプス