Majella National Park

Parco nazionale della Majella
A place on the Majella
Coordinates: 42 ° 4 '54.9 "  N , 14 ° 3' 35.1"  E
Location:	Abruzzo , Italy
Next city:	Sulmona
Surface:	740.95 km²
Founding:	December 6, 1991
Address:	Duck Parco Nazionale della Majella Palazzo Di Sciascio via Occidentale n.6 66016 Guardiagrele (CH)

The Majella National Park ( Italian Parco nazionale della Majella ) is a national park in the Italian Abruzzo . It was established in 1991 and extends over an area of ​​74,095 hectares of mostly mountainous terrain.

159.6 km² in the core zone of the national park belong to the wilderness areas certified by the European Wilderness Society . The park belongs to the Federazione Italiana Parchi e Riserve Naturali.

Geography and biodiversity

55% of the parking area is over 2000 m. Over 70% of the mammal species living in Abruzzo and over 45% of the species of mammals in Italy are found in the park area. In half of the biotope types of the different altitudes, 2114 plant species were identified, including 142 endemic species. Statistically, 65% of the Abruzzo and 37% of the Italian plant species occur in the national park.

fauna

Indicator species in the park are the Apennine wolves , Marsican brown bear , chamois , otters , snow voles , spectacled salamander , golden eagle , chough , hawks , plovers , meadow otters and smooth snakes .

In the Majella National Park

flora

The special features of the park include the majella columbine and Reichenbach's butterwort . The exposure as the southernmost alpine region in Europe favors the occurrence of floral relics. These include the Driade and the Yellow Alpine Poppy and the Silver Birch . Furthermore, there edelweiss , gentian and Alpine Aster find. For trees are below 1800 m mountain pine, partly in cripple shape and deeper also associated with beech Holly , maple, Speierling are mixed, yew and other species.

Parishes of the park

Castiglione Messer Raimondo , Fara San Martino , Gamberale , Guardiagrele , Lama dei Peligni , Lettopalena , Montenerodomo , Palena , Palombaro , Pennapiedimonte , Pizzoferrato , Pretoro , Rapino , Taranta Peligna , Ateleta , Campo di Giove , Cansano , Corfinio , Pacentro , Pescocostanzo , Pratola Peligna , Rivisondoli , Rocca Pia , Roccacasale , Roccaraso , Sulmona , Abbateggio , Bolognano , Caramanico Terme , Lettomanoppello , Manoppello , Popoli , Roccamorice , Salle , San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore , Sant'Eufemia a Maiella , Serramonacesca , Tocco da Casauria

Access

Access to the park is in Sulmona, Pescocostanzo and Guardiagrele.

Web links

Commons : Majella National Park  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• parcomajella.it - Official website of the Majella National Park in German
• Park Authority pages on Parks.it
• www.regione.abruzzo.it - Regione Abruzzo - Official website
• World Database on Protected Areas - Majella National Park (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ parcomajella.it ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ parcomajella.it ( Memento of the original from January 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.