Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

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Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (Spain)
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Coordinates: 42 ° 40 ′ 18 ″  N , 0 ° 3 ′ 20 ″  E
Location: Huesca , Spain
Surface: 15,608 ha
Founding: August 16, 1918
Visitors: 616,600 (2008)
Address: National park websites
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Cotatuero in the national park.

The Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park , also briefly Ordesa National Park is a national park in the Spanish Pyrenees in the province of Huesca . It was declared a national park on August 16, 1918, making it the oldest in the Pyrenees. The most important part of the national park is the 3355  m high Monte Perdido , which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997 .

Area and structure

The national park in its current size has existed since an expansion on July 13, 1982 and extends over an area of ​​15,608 hectares and is distributed over the municipalities of Torla-Ordesa (2,315 hectares), Fanlo (8,265 hectares), Tella-Sin (731 hectares) , Puértolas (2,473 ha) and Bielsa (1,824 ha). On the northern border of the national park is the even more extensive French Pyrenees National Park . Around 600,000 people visit the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park each year.

fauna and Flora

The national park has a unique fauna and flora, the deepest canyons of the continent with bizarre rock formations that are reminiscent of the Grand Canyon , but with plenty of vegetation. There are many plant and animal species that are already extinct in large parts of Europe, such as the brown bear or the Egyptian vulture .

Web links

Commons : Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Entry on the website of the UNESCO World Heritage Center ( English and French ).