by Admin | Jan 30, 2013 | Natural Parks and Natural Reserves
The Maiella (or Majella) is a massif in the Central Apennines, in Abruzzo, central Italy, at the boundary between the provinces of Chieti, Pescara and L’Aquila. The highest peak is Monte Amaro at 2,793 m, the second highest of the entire Apennine range. The...
by Admin | Sep 19, 2012 | Regions
Molise, is a region of Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise, alongside the region of Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effective until 1970, makes Molise the newest region in Italy. State:...
by Admin | Sep 13, 2012 | Natural Parks and Natural Reserves
History The proposal of constituting a National Park was firstly forwarded in1917 by ProMontibus Federation. The 2nd October 1921 in Opi, one of the most suggestive villages of the Park, the Montibus et Silvis association from Bologna directed by the well known...
by Admin | Sep 6, 2012 | Natural Parks and Natural Reserves
Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo It is Italy’s first national park, was established in 1922 in an attempt to preserve a microcosm of the unique but rapidly diminishing environment that is typical of the Apennine chain. It is less rocky, and characterised by lot of fauna and...
