Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park – the largest national park in Italy

Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park, Campania, Italy

It was back in 1991 when the Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park was founded. The park can be found in the Salerno Province, and it is considered to be the largest national park in Italy. It covers the distance from the Apennines foothills all the way out to the Tyrrhenian Sea. While only recently made a national park,

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Cavagrande Cassibile Canyon – one of the features of the Hyblaean Mountains of Sicily

Cavagrande Cassibile Canyon, Sicily, Italy

Located in the Hyblaean Mountains of Sicily, one will find the Cavagrande Cassibile Canyon which was slowly carved into the rocks by the Cassibile River. The canyon itself is only ten kilometers long, but is nonetheless a picturesque region of the Sicilian countryside. The cliffs of the canyon in some places are more than five hundred meters tall and are

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Pollino National Park and its symbol – the Bosnian Pine

Pollino National Park, Basilicata - Calabria, Italy

Back in 1993, the Pollino National Park was established in an attempt to help prevent further deforestation and endangerment of the Bosnian Pine which can now be found throughout the park and is considered a symbol of the park. It is situated at the south of Italy, along the borders with Calabria and Basilicata and stretches far inland to include

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The Sicanian Mountains – just one of many Sicilian mountains

Rocca Busambra, Ficuzza, Sicanian Mountains, Sicily, Italy

The Sicanian Mountains (Monti Sicani) are only one of many mountains that can be found throughout the island of Sicily. Long before the arrival of the Phoenicians and later the Greeks, the mountains were home to an ancient tribe known as the Sicanians for which the mountains received their namesake. In Greek mythology, the Sicanian Mountains are mentioned in the

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