Gennargentu National Park

Gennargentu National Park
The Gusana lake in the national park
Coordinates: 39 ° 59 ′ 23 ″  N , 9 ° 19 ′ 29 ″  E
Location:	Sardinia , Italy
Next city:	Nuoro
Surface:	730 km²
Founding:	1998

The Gennargentu National Park (also National Park Gulf of Orosei and Gennargentu ) ( Italian : Parco Nazionale del Golfo di Orosei e del Gennargentu ) is a national park in Italy . It is located in the east of Sardinia in the eponymous Gennargentu Mountains and on the Gulf of Orosei .

The park is one of the youngest of the 24 areas with national park status in Italy and was established in 1998. Climatically, the park covers both alpine and Mediterranean conditions. There is a high diversity of fauna in the park (orchids, lilies, cyclamen, crocuses); here the currant Ribes Sardorum , which occurs in Europe only in the Gennargentu, is found . The oldest holm oaks in Europe ( Quercus ilex ) can be found in the Supramonte . In the park live the birds and mammals typical of Sardinia, such as u. a. Wild sheep and golden eagles ( Aquila chrysaetos ) .

literature

• Carmine Scudu, Giovanni Nieddu, Efisio Mattana, Giovanni Mandis, Riccardo Guarino (2013): Floristic Traits and Biogeographic Characterization of the Gennargentu Massif (Sardinia) . Candollea 68/2. 2013/12. Pages 209-220. ISSN 0373-2967. doi 10.15553 / c2012v682a4

Web links

Commons : Gennargentu National Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Parks.it, portal of the Italian parks

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fabio Cassola, Sandro Lovari: Nature conservation in Italy: Proposed national and regional parks and other areas deserving protection . In: Biological Conservation . tape 9 , no. 4 , June 1, 1976, ISSN  0006-3207 , pp. 243-257 , doi : 10.1016 / 0006-3207 (76) 90048-3 ( sciencedirect.com [accessed May 22, 2019]).
2. ^ MMV Reisen: Sardinien.com: Golfo di Orosei and Gennargentu. Retrieved May 22, 2019 .