Gran Paradiso National Park – oldest national park in Italy

Gran Paradiso National Park, Italy

Gran Paradiso National Park (Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso) is the first and oldest national park in Italy. It was founded in 1920, but already in 1856 was its area declared as a private hunting ground by King Vittorio Emanuele II. Park was therefore established as extensive hunting reservation serving as a protection of population of the Alpine ibex, which

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