Monte Giano, Mountain in Monti del Cicolano range, Italy.

Monte Giano is a mountain in the Monti del Cicolano range, reaching 1,820 meters between Lazio and Abruzzo regions. The slopes display changing vegetation zones, from oak forests at lower elevations to beech woods at around 1,700 meters.

The Antrodoco Gorges at the mountain's southern end witnessed major military conflicts, including a French army defeat in 1799 and a battle in 1821. These events mark the area as a strategically important location.

The western slope holds a pine forest of roughly 20,000 trees planted in the 1930s, forming a large inscription visible from a distance. This deliberate arrangement shows how people have shaped the landscape over time.

The mountain offers multiple hiking paths across different elevation zones with varying difficulty levels. Visitors should bring appropriate gear for changing weather conditions, especially at higher altitudes.

The "DVX" pine inscription on the western slope covers about eight hectares and was planted in 1939 by the Forestry Guards School of Cittaducale with local youths, to check landslides above Antrodoco. A fire damaged it on 24 August 2017; volunteers replanted 1,000 pines in February 2018.