There are many fine parks located throughout Italy and many of these can be found within the Alps. However, perhaps one of the oldest of the Alpine parks is that of the Stelvio National Park. The park itself encompases the entire Ortles-Cevedale mountain range which are said to be the heart of the Central Alps. Stelvio National Park, Italy by
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Located along the coastlines of Sardinia, one can find the geomarine Arcipelago di La Maddalena National Park which was first established back in 1994. The park covers a total area of 12,000 hectares which includes coastlines and seas. A total of 180 kilometres of the Sardinia coastline is within the national park. There are many coastal islands which fall within
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Gran Paradiso National Park (Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso) is the first and oldest national park in Italy. It was founded in 1920, but already in 1856 was its area declared as a private hunting ground by King Vittorio Emanuele II. Park was therefore established as extensive hunting reservation serving as a protection of population of the Alpine ibex, which
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