The Nebrodi Mountains stretch across northeastern Sicily in a green wall that surprises most visitors. This region holds the largest forested area on the island, a fact that surprises those knowing Sicily only for sun-scorched coastlines. Ancient beech and oak forests cloak the slopes. Wild horses roam the high pastures. Black Nebrodi pigs root through […]
The Nebrodi Mountains – the largest forested area of Sicily, Italy
Categories: Islands, Italy, Mountains, Nature, Nature, Sicily
Gran Paradiso National Park, Valle D’Aosta in Italy
Gran Paradiso National Park in Valle d’Aosta is Italy’s oldest national park, established in 1922 when King Victor Emmanuel III donated the Royal Hunting Reserve to the Italian state specifically to protect the Alpine ibex, a species that had been hunted to fewer than 60 individuals by the end of the 19th century and now […]
Categories: Italy, National Parks, Nature, Nature
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