ITALY ~ Casentinesi Forests National Park - UNESCO ~

... Great views of a new National Park and UNESCO site...  it is one of the largest forest areas in Europe, with a hiking network of 650 km... extraordinary rich in flora and fauna... it can be visited either on foot, by bike or on horseback... the territory also has many towns and villages rich in history and architectural heritage... Sasso Fratino, located in the NP  is one of the 10 oldest deciduous forests throughout the Northern Hemisphere... Thanks a lot Sini! (✿ ♥‿♥)

Photo: Franco Borgogni
Casentinesi Forests National Park was established in 1993 and covers 36,426ha placed between Tuscany and Emilia Romagna and stretches from Mount Falterona to the Mandrioli pass.

The park has the most important population of the Apennine wolf, as well as the exceptional presence of five species of ungulates (mammals with hooves): wild boar, roe deer, fallow deer, common deer, and mouflon (mountain sheep).

The Italian Ancient Beech forests protected by UNESCO fall within the context of the transnational environmental site of the "Primeval forests of the Carpathian beech and other parts of Europe".

Stamp:

Italian Squares
(Issued 02-07-2016)