Monte Sirente, Abruzzo, Italy Monte Sirente, Abruzzo, Italy
Monte Sirente, Abruzzo, Italy
Monte Sirente, Abruzzo, Italy (© ValerioMei/Getty Images)
Mount Sirente stands proudly in the heart of Abruzzo, in Italy, with its peak touching the clear sky and its slopes cloaked in forests. At 2,349 metres, Mount Sirente dominates the landscape of the Sirente-Velino Regional Park, amid silent valleys and karst plateaus. Its massive, almost trapezoidal shape speaks of ancient geological origins and a mysterious crater, possibly caused by a meteorite that fell thousands of years ago.
Here, time seems to slow down. Sirente isn't just a peak: it's a place that breathes, that observes, that preserves stories of shepherds, wolves and silence. And when you look down on it from above, with clear skies and the dancing colours, it seems to remind us that the most authentic beauty is that which needs no words.