The national parks of Italy are protected natural areas terrestrial, marine, fluvial or lacustrine, which contain one or more intact ecosystems (or only partially altered by anthropic interventions) and/or one or more physical, geological , geomorphological , biological formations of national and international interest, for naturalistic, scientific, cultural, aesthetic, educational or recreational values, such as to justify the intervention of the State for their conservation.
National and regional parks in Italy There are 25 Italian national parks registered on the Official List of Protected Natural Areas (EUAP), and together cover an area of over 2 (6,200 sq mi), which correspond to approximately 5.3% of the Italian national territory.[1] Ministry of the Environment based in Rome (Italian : Ministero dell'Ambiente ).[2]
List of Italian national parks Parks established before World War II Name Regions Area High Point Elevation Established Map Quick View Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise [3] Abruzzo , Lazio , Molise 2 (195.69 sq mi)Monte Petroso 1923 Circeo [4] Lazio 2 (32.59 sq mi)Monte Circeo 1934 Gran Paradiso [5] Valle d'Aosta , Piedmont 2 (270.27 sq mi)Gran Paradiso 1922 Stelvio [6] Lombardy , Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol 2 (504.64 sq mi)Cima Ortles 1935
Parks established from the post-war period up to the 1980s Name Regions Area High Point Elevation Established Map Quick View Aspromonte [7] Calabria 2 (293.64 sq mi)Montalto 1989 Dolomiti Bellunesi [8] Veneto 2 (12.17 sq mi)Monte Pavione 1988 Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, and Campigna [9] Emilia-Romagna , Tuscany 2 (140.54 sq mi)Monte Falterona 1989 Pollino [10] Basilicata , Calabria 2 (743.50 sq mi)Sierra Dolcedorme 1988
Parks established in the 1990s Name Regions Area High Point Elevation Established Map Quick View Archipelago of La Maddalena [11] Sardinia 2 (77.78 sq mi)Punta Tejalone, Caprera [12] 1994 Asinara [13] Sardinia 2 (104.09 sq mi)Punta Scomunica 1997 Cilento, Vallo di Diano, and Alburni [14] Campania 2 (699.03 sq mi)Monte Cervati 1991 Cinque Terre [15] Liguria 2 (14.90 sq mi)Monte (Mai-)Pertuso[16] 1999 Gargano [17] Apulia 2 (467.64 sq mi)Monte Calvo[18] 1991 Gennargentu [19] Sardinia 2 (281.85 sq mi)Punta La Marmora 1998 Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga [20] Marche , Abruzzo , Lazio 2 (545.68 sq mi)Corno Grande 1991 Majella [21] Abruzzo 2 (271.82 sq mi)Monte Amaro 1991 Sibillini Mountains [22] Marche , Umbria 2 (269.20 sq mi)Monte Vettore 1988 Tuscan Archipelago [23] Tuscany 2 (288.24 sq mi)Monte Capanne on Elba in the Tuscan Archipelago 1989 Val Grande [24] Piedmont 2 (56.36 sq mi)Monte Togano 1991 Vesuvius [25] Campania 2 (28.03 sq mi)Great Cone 1991
Parks established in the 2000s Parks established in 2010s Name Regions Area High Point Elevation Established Map Quick View Island of Pantelleria Sicily 2 (25.6 sq mi)Montagna Grande 2016
See also References Bibliography External links "Italia" (in Italian). ENIT - Italian Government Tourist Board. Archived from the original on 2009-04-27.
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