Tre Cime di Lavaredo Live Cam

Geological Origins and Formation

The towering limestone pinnacles known as Tre Cime di Lavaredo rise abruptly from the Sexten Dolomites, forming one of the most iconic silhouettes in the Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage Site. Composed primarily of Dolomia Principale, these peaks originated during the Late Triassic period, approximately 230 million years ago, when shallow tropical seas covered much of what is now northern Italy. Over millennia, the deposition of marine sediments—rich in fossilized algae and mollusks—created thick carbonate platforms. Subsequent tectonic uplift during the Alpine orogeny fractured these platforms, and glacial erosion carved the jagged profiles that define the North, Central, and South Peaks of Tre Cime.