Borexino location (LNGS)

Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN)
Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
(INFN/LNGS)
Via Giovanni Acitelli, 22 – 67100 Assergi (AQ) – Italy

Aerial view of the LNGS external structures — Aerial view of the external structures

The Borexino detector (and its prototype, CTF) have been built and operated in the “Hall C” of the underground laboratory.

Borexino Location: LNGS and highway tunnels (sketch)

External structures
Underground laboratory
Virtual tour
(Google Maps “See inside”, 2014)
Un viaggio nel cuore della montagna: visita ai Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso
(video tour, 2021. Italian language. Youtube can automatically generate subtitles in just about any language)

Borexino Location: LNGS tunnels (artist impression) — The underground lab. & the highway tunnel next to it (artist impression)

Borexino Location: LNGS & highway tunnels (artist impression) — LNGS & highway tunnels under the Gran Sasso mountains, “viewed” from the Teramo side (artist impression, not to scale)