Natural Park of Marguareis

Natural Park of Marguareis
Natural Park of Marguareis
Parco Naturale del Marguareis
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location	Cuneo Province, Italy
Nearest city	Cuneo and Imperia
Coordinates	44°13′47″N7°39′16″E / 44.229634°N 7.6545679°E Coordinates: 44°13′47″N7°39′16″E / 44.229634°N 7.6545679°E
Area	8,403 ha (20,760 acres)
Established	1978
Governing body	Ente di gestione delle aree protette delle Alpi Marittime (Valdieri)
	www.parcomarguareis.it

Last updated October 07, 2021

The Natural Park of Marguareis^[3](in Italian Parco Naturale del Marguareis) is a regional natural park of the Ligurian Alps located in the Province of Cuneo (Piedmont, Italy).

History

The protected area was established by the regional government of Piemonte on 28 December 1978, enforcing the legge regionale nr.43 of 1975. It was the first protected area of the Province of Cuneo.^[4]

Up to 31 December 2011 it was named Parco naturale dell'Alta valle Pesio e Tanaro,^[5] then it changed its name in Parco Naturale del Marguareis.

Environment

The park covers a wide area of the piedmontese side of the Ligurian Alps. Its territory is known as Piccole Dolomiti (Small Dolomites ^[6]), and underground there is a very large complex of karstic caves.^[7] Among the summits totally or partially belonging to the park can be cited, in addition to the Punta Marguareis from which the protected area takes its name, also Cima delle Saline, Cima Cars, Monte Bertrand and Cima della Fascia.

Flora

A wide parn of the regional park consists in woodland (mainly beechwoods and woods of silver fir and European larch), whose development was favored by the monks of the Certosa of Pesio. The peculiar climate of the area, which shows bot Alpine and Mediterranean features, as well as its Karstic geology, sustain a very remarkable vegetal biodiversity. In the protected area indeed have been recorded about 1,500 different plant species; among them are quite remarkable Saxifraga cernua , Viola pinnata and the nowadays extremely rare Cypripedium calceolus .^[4]

Fauna

Among the most striking animals of the park can be cited typically alpine species like chamois, alpine marmot, golden eagle and black grouse. The presence of wolves, sign of a good environmental state of the area, dates back to mid-1990s, when settled in the Park the first documented pack of wolves in the Italian Alps after the disappearance of the specie of the 19th century.^[8]

Hiking

A well developed network of waymarked footpaths is available within the park, that is also crossed by the southernmost part of the GTA , a long-distance hiking trail which runs on the piedmontese Alps.^[6]

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References

↑ "Approvata la Legge regionale che istituisce circa 10mila ettari di nuove aree protette". Piemonte Informa (in Italian). Regine Piemonte -. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
↑ "Parco Naturale Della Alta Valle Pesio e Tanaro in Italy". UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2020-01-30.
↑ "Natural Park of Marguareis" (in Italian). Comune di Limone Piemonte. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
1 2 "1978 - 2018: il Parco naturale del Marguareis festeggia i suoi primi quarant'anni". Cuneodice.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-01-21.
↑ "Il Parco Naturale Alta Val Pesio traccia il bilancio finale e da gennaio cambia nome" (in Italian). Retrieved 2012-01-02.
1 2 Kürschner, Iris (2012). GTA Grande Traversata delle Alpi: Attraverso il Piemonte fino al Mediterraneo. 65 tappe. GPS (in Italian). Bergverlag Rother. p. 233. ISBN 9783763345021 . Retrieved 2020-01-21.
↑ Parco Naturale del Marguareis, www.parks.it
↑ "Il Parco del Marguareis" (in Italian). Parco del Marguareis. Retrieved 2019-07-21.

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[1] "Approvata la Legge regionale che istituisce circa 10mila ettari di nuove aree protette". Piemonte Informa (in Italian). Regine Piemonte -. 2019-03-13. Retrieved 2020-01-21.

[2] "Parco Naturale Della Alta Valle Pesio e Tanaro in Italy". UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2020-01-30.

[3] "Natural Park of Marguareis" (in Italian). Comune di Limone Piemonte. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[par-4] 1 2 "1978 - 2018: il Parco naturale del Marguareis festeggia i suoi primi quarant'anni". Cuneodice.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-01-21.

[5] "Il Parco Naturale Alta Val Pesio traccia il bilancio finale e da gennaio cambia nome" (in Italian). Retrieved 2012-01-02.

[GTA-6] 1 2 Kürschner, Iris (2012). GTA Grande Traversata delle Alpi: Attraverso il Piemonte fino al Mediterraneo. 65 tappe. GPS (in Italian). Bergverlag Rother. p. 233. ISBN 9783763345021 . Retrieved 2020-01-21.

[7] Parco Naturale del Marguareis, www.parks.it

[8] "Il Parco del Marguareis" (in Italian). Parco del Marguareis. Retrieved 2019-07-21.

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