The Lagorai is a mountain range in the Eastern Alps

Eastern Alps

Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of the Splügen Pass in eastern Switzerland. North of the Splügen Pass, the Posterior Rhine forms the border, and south of the pass, the Liro river and Lake Como form the boundary line.-Geography:The...

, in Trentino, northern Italy

Italy

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

Trento

Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

 and Rolle Pass, for a length of some 70 km. It is bounded southwards by the Valsugana

Valsugana

The 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 Europe's main roads since its construction in Antiquity, winds along the...

, by the Val di Fiemme

Val di Fiemme

thumb|300px|Location of the Fiemme Valley in [[Trentino]].thumb|300px|The [[Lagorai]] seen from [[Passo Lusia]].Fiemme Valley is a valley in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region in northern Italy located in the Dolomites mountain region....

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

Primiero

The Primiero is a valley located in the eastern part of Trentino, Italy. It consists of eight municipalities : Canal San Bovo, Fiera di Primiero, Imer, Mezzano, Sagron Mis, Siròr, Tonadico and Transacqua.-References:...

 and Vanoi easthwards.

The chain is mostly made of porphyry

Porphyry (geology)

Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass. The larger crystals are called phenocrysts...

 rocks.

The north-eastern part in the massif is part of the Paneveggio-Pale di San Martino Natural Park. Near the Rolle Pass, at some 2,000 m of altitude, are the small lakes of Colbricon, home of pre-historic settlements dating to the Neolithic

Neolithic

The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...

 age.

Highest peaks

• Cima Cece, 2,754 m
• Monte Colbricon, 2,602 m
• Cima Lastè, 2,682 m
• Monte Cauriol, 2,494 m