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.
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]
Name | Regions | Area | High Point | Elevation | Established | Map | Quick View |
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Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise [3] | Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise | 506.83 km2 (195.69 sq mi) | Monte Petroso | 2,249 m (7,379 ft) | 1923 | ||
Circeo [4] | Lazio | 84.40 km2 (32.59 sq mi) | Monte Circeo | 541 m (1,775 ft) | 1934 | ||
Gran Paradiso [5] | Valle d'Aosta, Piedmont | 700.00 km2 (270.27 sq mi) | Gran Paradiso | 4,061 m (13,323 ft) | 1922 | ||
Stelvio [6] | Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | 1,307.00 km2 (504.64 sq mi) | Cima Ortles | 3,905 m (12,812 ft) | 1935 |
Name | Regions | Area | High Point | Elevation | Established | Map | Quick View |
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Aspromonte [7] | Calabria | 760.53 km2 (293.64 sq mi) | Montalto | 1,955 m (6,414 ft) | 1989 | ||
Dolomiti Bellunesi [8] | Veneto | 31.51 km2 (12.17 sq mi) | Monte Pavione | 2,335 m (7,661 ft) | 1988 | ||
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 | ||
Pollino [10] | Basilicata, Calabria | 1,925.65 km2 (743.50 sq mi) | Sierra Dolcedorme | 2,267 m (7,438 ft) | 1988 |
Name | Regions | Area | High Point | Elevation | Established | Map | Quick View |
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Archipelago of La Maddalena [11] | Sardinia | 201.46 km2 (77.78 sq mi) | Punta Tejalone, Caprera [12] | 212 m (696 ft) | 1994 | ||
Asinara [13] | Sardinia | 269.60 km2 (104.09 sq mi) | Punta Scomunica | 408 m (1,339 ft) | 1997 | ||
Cilento, Vallo di Diano, and Alburni [14] | Campania | 1,810.48 km2 (699.03 sq mi) | Monte Cervati | 1,898 m (6,227 ft) | 1991 | ||
Cinque Terre [15] | Liguria | 38.60 km2 (14.90 sq mi) | Monte (Mai-)Pertuso [16] | 820 m (2,690 ft) | 1999 | ||
Gargano [17] | Apulia | 1,211.18 km2 (467.64 sq mi) | Monte Calvo [18] | 1,065 m (3,494 ft) | 1991 | ||
Gennargentu [19] | Sardinia | 730.00 km2 (281.85 sq mi) | Punta La Marmora | 1,834 m (6,017 ft) | 1998 | ||
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 | ||
Majella [21] | Abruzzo | 704.00 km2 (271.82 sq mi) | Monte Amaro | 2,793 m (9,163 ft) | 1991 | ||
Sibillini Mountains [22] | Marche, Umbria | 697.22 km2 (269.20 sq mi) | Monte Vettore | 2,476 m (8,123 ft) | 1988 | ||
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 | ||
Val Grande [24] | Piedmont | 145.98 km2 (56.36 sq mi) | Monte Togano | 2,295 m (7,530 ft) | 1991 | ||
Vesuvius [25] | Campania | 72.59 km2 (28.03 sq mi) | Great Cone | 1,281 m (4,203 ft) | 1991 |
Name | Regions | Area | High Point | Elevation | Established | Map | Quick View |
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Alta Murgia [26] | Apulia | 677.39 km2 (261.54 sq mi) | Torre Disperata | 686 m (2,251 ft) | 2004 | ||
Appennino Lucano - Val d'Agri - Lagonegrese [27] | Basilicata | 689.96 km2 (266.40 sq mi) | Monte del Papa | 2,005 m (6,578 ft) | 2007 | ||
Appennino Tosco-Emiliano [28] | Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany | 227.92 km2 (88.00 sq mi) | Monte Cusna | 2,121 m (6,959 ft) | 1997 | ||
Sila [29] | Calabria | 736.95 km2 (284.54 sq mi) | Monte Botte Donato | 1,928 m (6,325 ft) | 1997 |
Name | Regions | Area | High Point | Elevation | Established | Map | Quick View |
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Island of Pantelleria | Sicily | 66.4 km2 (25.6 sq mi) | Montagna Grande | 836 m (2,743 ft) | 2016 |
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