Sila National Park

Parco Nazionale della Sila
IUCN category II (national park)
Lago di Ariamacina, Sila National Park
Sila Location of park
Location	Calabria
Nearest city	Crotone
Coordinates	39°22′34″N16°35′31″E / 39.37611°N 16.59194°E / 39.37611; 16.59194
Area	736.95 km2 (284.54 sq mi)
Established	2002;23 years ago (2002)
Governing body	Ministry of the Environment
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Sila National Park (Italian : Parco nazionale della Sila) is an Italian national park in Calabria, located on the Sila Plateau. It was established in 1997 and covers about 74,000 hectares (180,000 acres). Its highest mountains are Mt. Botte Donato (1,928 m), in Sila Grande, and Mt. Gariglione (1,764 m) in Sila Piccola. The park was established with the Regional Decree of 14 November 2002 ^[1] and includes its own management agency. The park includes the territories formerly part of the Calabria National Park (1968), and protects areas of great environmental interest in Sila Piccola, Sila Grande and Sila Greca, for a total of 736.95 square kilometres (284.54 sq mi), in 21 municipalities (comuni) and 6 "mountain communities" (comunità montane) across the three Calabrian provinces of Catanzaro, Cosenza and Crotone. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

See also

• Lake Passante

References

1. "Decreto regionale 14/11/2002". Gazzetta Ufficiale (in Italian) (63). 17 March 2003.
2. "Sila – Welcome to Santa Monica Resort & Village".
3. "The Sila: A National Park in Calabria not to miss!". 29 November 2015.
4. "Special offers, last minute, discounts and promotions Sila National Park".
5. "Sila National Park - Mi Terruño". Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
6. "The Sila and its extraordinary beauty". 17 November 2014.
7. "Sila – Visit Calabria". Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Pages by the Park Authority on Parks.it
• Yearbook of the Italian Parks 2005, edited by Comunicazione in association with Federparchi and the Italian State Tourism Board ISBN   88-7585-011-9
• BIOEUPARKS , in association and Co-funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe—Programme of the European Union