Gran Bosco di Salbertrand Natural Park

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Gran Bosco di Salbertrand Natural Park
Parco naturale del Gran Bosco di Salbertrand
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) [1]
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Location in Italy
Location Piedmont, Italy
Nearest city Turin
Coordinates 45°3′40″N6°56′25″E / 45.06111°N 6.94028°E / 45.06111; 6.94028
Area3,774 ha (14.57 sq mi)
Elevation2,700 m (8,900 ft)
Established1980
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The Gran Bosco di Salbertrand Natural Park (Italian : Parco naturale del Gran Bosco di Salbertrand) is a nature reserve in Piedmont, Italy. Established in 1980, it protects the Site of Community Importance of the Great Woods of Salbertrand (Gran Bosco di Salbertrand), in the Val Susa, south of the Dora Riparia, between 1,000 and 2,700 meters above sea level. The woods, which cover an area of about eight hundred acres, consist of a mix of silver firs and Norway spruces, rarely found in the Western Alps. [2] [3] [4] [5]

About 70% of the park's territory consists of woods, the remaining 30% of pastures and grasslands. Since 2009 the park, which covers the territory of seven municipalities in the Province of Turin, has been managed by the Ente di gestione delle aree protette delle Alpi Cozie, along with the Val Troncea, Lakes of Avigliana and Orsiera-Rocciavrè natural parks and the natural reserves of the gorges of Foresto and Chianocco. [2] [3] [4] [5]

The park's flora consists of over six hundred species of plants, including silver firs, larches, European spruces, stone pines and Scotch pines. The fauna consists of 21 species of mammals, including red deer, roe deer, chamoises, wild boars, marmots, foxes, squirrels, stoats and wolves, and 70 species of birds, including golden eagles, sparrowhawks, Eurasian goshawks, common buzzards, rock partridges and black grouses. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Protected Area Profile for Parco naturale del Gran Bosco di Salbertrand Archived October 16, 2023, at the Wayback Machine from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Aree protette Alpi Cozie | Parco naturale del Gran Bosco di Salbertrand". www.parchialpicozie.it. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  3. 1 2 3 "Parco Naturale del Gran Bosco di Salbertrand: Itinerari". www.parks.it. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  4. 1 2 3 "Parco Naturale del Gran Bosco di Salbertrand". www.parks.it. Archived from the original on 2023-06-07. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  5. 1 2 3 "Il Gran Bosco di Salbertrand: la foresta delle favole non lontana da Torino". October 4, 2022. Archived from the original on June 5, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2023.

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