National parks in Italy

Overview map with all national parks in Italy

There are 24 national parks in Italy . A total of 1.5 million hectares are under protection, which corresponds to 5 percent of the country's area. Until August 2012, however, only 22 areas were registered with the IUCN as protected areas of category II (national park).

list

Surname	founding	Size [ha]	comment	map	view
Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park	1923	50,683
Asinara National Park	1997	26,960
Aspromonte National Park	1989	76.053
Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park	1991	181.048
Cinque Terre National Park	1999	3,860
Circeo National Park	1934	8,500
Belluno Dolomites National Park	1990	31,512
Foreste Casentinesi National Park	1993	36,843
Gargano National Park	1991	118.144
Gennargentu National Park	1998	73.935
Gran Paradiso National Park	1922	70,318
Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga National Park	1991	141,341
La Maddalena Archipelago National Park	1994	15,000
Majella National Park	1991	74,095
Monti Sibillini National Park	1993	69,722
Murgia National Park	2004	67,739
Pollino National Park	1993	192,565
National Park Sila (from 1968 to 2002: National Park Calabria)	2002	73,695
Stelvio National Park	1935	134,620
Tuscan-Emilian Apennines National Park	2001	23,613
Tuscan Archipelago National Park	1996	76,762
Val d'Agri National Park	2006	67,564
Val Grande National Park	1992	14,598
Vesuvius National Park	1995	7,259

See also

• Regional parks in Italy

Web links

• Website about the national parks in Italy
• National parks, nature parks, reserves and other protected areas in Italy (Italian, English, German and French)