Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
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Location: | Huesca , Spain | |
Surface: | 15,608 ha | |
Founding: | August 16, 1918 | |
Visitors: | 616,600 (2008) | |
Address: | National park websites |
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
- 10 hiking trails in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (German)
- Tourist site about the national park (span.)
- World Database on Protected Areas - Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park (English)