Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni

Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park
Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park
Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni
IUCN category II (national park)
	Cape Palinuro
	Salerno region
Location	Campania
Nearest city	Salerno
Coordinates	40°17′N 15°28′E / 40.283°N 15.467°E
Area	1,810.48 km2 (699.03 sq mi)
Established	1991
Governing body	Ministero dell'Ambiente
	parks.it
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, iv
Designated	1998 (22nd session)
Reference no.	842
Region	Europe and North America

Cilento, Vallo di Diano and Alburni National Park (Italian Parco Nazionale del Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni) is an Italian national park in the Province of Salerno, in Campania in southern Italy. It includes much of the Cilento, the Vallo di Diano and the Monti Alburni. It was founded in 1991 and was formerly known as the Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano.

History

The park was officially instituted on December 6, 1991, to protect the territory of Cilento from building speculation and mass tourism. Originally named Parco Nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano, in 1998 it became a World Heritage Site of UNESCO,^[1] also with the ancient Greek towns of Paestum, Velia and the Padula^[2] Charterhouse.

The other natural reserves instituted in the area of the park are the "Natural reserve of Foce Sele-Tanagro" (created in 1993,^[3] with the Oasis of Persano) and the "Maritime reserve of Punta Licosa", in the municipality of Castellabate.

Geography

The national park's territory, one of the largest in Italy, does not include all the municipalities of the areas of Cilento and Vallo di Diano. It includes almost all the Cilentan Coast and its central forest area is Pruno. The administrative offices are located in Vallo della Lucania, at Piazza Santa Caterina nr. 8.

The municipalities part^{[clarification needed]} of the park are:

Gallery

Lentiscella beach in Marina di Camerota
Roscigno
An ancient olive tree

References

^ Info on whc.unesco.org
^ Municipality not included in the park but part of Vallo di Diano region
^ Reserve's page on parks.it

External links

Official website (in Italian)
Official pages by the Park Authority on Parks.it

[1] Info on whc.unesco.org

[2] Municipality not included in the park but part of Vallo di Diano region

[3] Reserve's page on parks.it

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v t e World Heritage Sites in Italy
Northwest	Crespi d'Adda Genoa Historic center Ivrea Mantua and Sabbioneta Monte San Giorgio¹ Porto Venere, Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto, Cinque Terre Residences of the Royal House of Savoy Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes¹ Rock Drawings in Valcamonica Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
Northeast	Aquileia The Dolomites Ferrara Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene Modena Cathedral, Torre della Ghirlandina and Piazza Grande, Modena Orto botanico di Padova Padua's fourteenth-century fresco cycles Porticoes of Bologna Ravenna Venice Verona City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
Central	Assisi and Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi Etruscan Necropolises of Cerveteri and Tarquinia Great Spa Towns of Europe - Montecatini Terme Florence Hadrian's Villa Medici villas Piazza del Duomo, Pisa Pienza Rome² San Gimignano Siena Urbino Val d'Orcia Villa d'Este
South	Alberobello Amalfi Coast Appian Way Castel del Monte, Apulia Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, Paestum and Velia, Certosa di Padula Herculaneum Oplontis and Villa Poppaea Naples Historic Centre Royal Palace of Caserta, Aqueduct of Vanvitelli and San Leucio Complex Pompeii Sassi di Matera
Islands	Aeolian Islands Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalù and Monreale Archaeological Area of Agrigento Barumini nuraghes Mount Etna Syracuse and Necropolis of Pantalica Val di Noto Villa Romana del Casale
Countrywide	Longobards in Italy, Places of Power (568–774 A.D.) Brescia Cividale del Friuli Castelseprio Spoleto Temple of Clitumnus located at Campello sul Clitunno Santa Sofia located at Benevento Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo located at Monte Sant'Angelo Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps³ Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe⁴ Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries⁵ Bergamo Palmanova Peschiera del Garda
¹ with Switzerland ² with the Holy See ³ with Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia, and Switzerland ⁴ with 17 other countries ⁵ with Croatia and Montenegro

Authority control databases
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National	Germany