List of national parks of Italy

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National and regional parks in Italy

The national parks of Italy are protected natural areas terrestrial, marine, fluvial or lacustrine, which contain one or more intact ecosystems (or only partially altered by anthropic interventions) and/or one or more physical, geological, geomorphological, biological formations of national and international interest, for naturalistic, scientific, cultural, aesthetic, educational, or recreational values, such as to justify the intervention of the State for their conservation.

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There are 25 Italian national parks registered on the Official List of Protected Natural Areas (EUAP), and they together cover an area of over 16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi), which corresponds to approximately 5.3% of the Italian national territory. [1] The parks are managed by the Ministry of the Environment based in Rome (Italian : Ministero dell'Ambiente). [2]

List of Italian national parks

Parks established before World War II

NameRegionsAreaHigh PointElevationEstablishedMapQuick View
Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise [3] Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise 506.83 km2 (195.69 sq mi) Monte Petroso 2,249 m (7,379 ft)1923 Parco-Abruzzi-2013-Posizione.png PNAbruzzo2.jpg
Circeo [4] Lazio 84.40 km2 (32.59 sq mi) Monte Circeo 541 m (1,775 ft)1934 Parco-Circeo-2013-Posizione.png Quarto caldo.JPG
Gran Paradiso [5] Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont 700.00 km2 (270.27 sq mi) Gran Paradiso 4,061 m (13,323 ft)1922 Parco-Gran Paradiso-Posizione.png
Le prime luci dell'alba in Valle Orco - Ceresole Reale, Colle del Nivolet.jpg
Stelvio [6] Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol 1,307.00 km2 (504.64 sq mi) Cima Ortles 3,905 m (12,812 ft)1935 Parco-Stelvio-Posizione.png Cevedale-Martello.jpg

Parks established from the post-war period up to the 1980s

NameRegionsAreaHigh PointElevationEstablishedMapQuick View
Aspromonte [7] Calabria 760.53 km2 (293.64 sq mi) Montalto 1,955 m (6,414 ft)1989 Parco-Aspromonte-2013-Posizione.png South Aspromonte.JPG
Dolomiti Bellunesi [8] Veneto 31.51 km2 (12.17 sq mi)Monte Pavione2,335 m (7,661 ft)1988 Parco-Dolomiti Bellunesi-Posizione.png Sass de mura PNDB.jpg
Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, and Campigna [9] Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany 364.00 km2 (140.54 sq mi) Monte Falterona 1,645 m (5,397 ft)1989 Parco-Foreste Casentinesi-Posizione.png Casentino-Nationalpark.jpg
Pollino [10] Basilicata, Calabria 1,925.65 km2 (743.50 sq mi) Sierra Dolcedorme 2,267 m (7,438 ft)1988 Parco-Pollino-2013-Posizione.png Monte Pollino e Serra del Prete dal contrafforte ovest di Serra delle Ciavole..PNG

Parks established in the 1990s

NameRegionsAreaHigh PointElevationEstablishedMapQuick View
Archipelago of La Maddalena [11] Sardinia 201.46 km2 (77.78 sq mi)Punta Tejalone, Caprera [12] 212 m (696 ft)1994 Parco-Maddalena-2013-Posizione.png Isola di Spargi 3.JPG
Asinara [13] Sardinia 269.60 km2 (104.09 sq mi)Punta Scomunica408 m (1,339 ft)1997 Parco-Asinara-2013-Posizione.png Isola dell'Asinara - vista da Torre del Falcone.JPG
Cilento, Vallo di Diano, and Alburni [14] Campania 1,810.48 km2 (699.03 sq mi)Monte Cervati1,898 m (6,227 ft)1991 Parco-Cilento-2013-Posizione.png Sanza da Colle del Pero.JPG
Cinque Terre [15] Liguria 38.60 km2 (14.90 sq mi)Monte (Mai-)Pertuso [16] 820 m (2,690 ft)1999 Parco-Cinque Terre-Posizione.png Corniglia costa.jpg
Gargano [17] Apulia 1,211.18 km2 (467.64 sq mi)Monte Calvo [18] 1,065 m (3,494 ft)1991 Parco-Gargano-2013-Posizione.png Gargano-baia-san-felice.jpg
Gennargentu [19] Sardinia 730.00 km2 (281.85 sq mi) Punta La Marmora 1,834 m (6,017 ft)1998 Parco-Gennargentu-2013-Posizione.png Gennargentu.jpg
Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga [20] Marche, Abruzzo, Lazio 1,413.31 km2 (545.68 sq mi) Corno Grande 2,912 m (9,554 ft)1991 Parco-Gran Sasso-Posizione.png Corno Piccolo, Gran Sasso, Province of Teramo, Abruzzo, Italy - panoramio.jpg
Majella [21] Abruzzo 704.00 km2 (271.82 sq mi) Monte Amaro 2,793 m (9,163 ft)1991 Parco-Majella-2013-Posizione.png La Maiella vista dal versante ovest - panoramio.jpg
Sibillini Mountains [22] Marche, Umbria 697.22 km2 (269.20 sq mi) Monte Vettore 2,476 m (8,123 ft)1988 Parco-Sibillini-2013-Posizione.png South Ridge - Monte Vettore.JPG
Tuscan Archipelago [23] Tuscany 746.53 km2 (288.24 sq mi) Monte Capanne on Elba in the Tuscan Archipelago 1,018 m (3,340 ft)1989 Parco-ArchToscano-2013-Posizione.png Montecristo1.JPG
Val Grande [24] Piedmont 145.98 km2 (56.36 sq mi)Monte Togano2,295 m (7,530 ft)1991 Parco-Val Grande-Posizione.png Montezeda0001.jpg
Vesuvius [25] Campania 72.59 km2 (28.03 sq mi)Great Cone1,281 m (4,203 ft)1991 Parco-Vesuvio-Posizione.png Vesuvio - Atrio del cavallo.jpg

Parks established in the 2000s

NameRegionsAreaHigh PointElevationEstablishedMapQuick View
Alta Murgia [26] Apulia 677.39 km2 (261.54 sq mi)Torre Disperata686 m (2,251 ft)2004 Parco-AltaMurgia-2013-Posizione.png Bauxiteparco.jpg
Appennino Lucano - Val d'Agri - Lagonegrese [27] Basilicata 689.96 km2 (266.40 sq mi)Monte del Papa2,005 m (6,578 ft)2007 Parco-AppenninoLucano-2013-Posizione.png Contrafforte nord del Monte Volturino (1.836 m) - Monti della Maddalena (Potenza).PNG
Appennino Tosco-Emiliano [28] Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany 227.92 km2 (88.00 sq mi) Monte Cusna 2,121 m (6,959 ft)1997 Parco-AppenninoToscano-2013-Posizione.png La Nuda.JPG
Sila [29] Calabria 736.95 km2 (284.54 sq mi)Monte Botte Donato 1,928 m (6,325 ft)1997 Parco-Sila-2013-Posizione.png Foreste della Sila con lago Arvo sullo sfondo.jpg

Parks established in 2010s

NameRegionsAreaHigh PointElevationEstablishedMapQuick View
Island of Pantelleria Sicily 66.4 km2 (25.6 sq mi)Montagna Grande836 m (2,743 ft)2016 Parco-Pantelleria-2013-Posizione.png Specchio di Venere.jpg

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