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,Info on whc.unesco.org also with the ancient Greek towns of Paestum, Velia and the PadulaMunicipality not included in the park but part of Vallo di Diano region Charterhouse.
The other natural reserves instituted in the area of the park are the "Natural reserve of Foce Sele-Tanagro" (created in 1993,Reserve's page on parks.it 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 park also includes important karst systems along the Cilentan coast, such as the Caves of Marina di Camerota.
The municipalities part of the park are:
Agropoli Aquara Ascea Auletta Bellosguardo Buonabitacolo Camerota Campora Cannalonga Capaccio-Paestum Casalbuono Casal Velino Casaletto Spartano Caselle in Pittari Castel San Lorenzo Castelcivita Castellabate Castelnuovo Cilento Celle di Bulgheria Centola Ceraso Cicerale Controne Corleto Monforte Cuccaro Vetere Felitto Futani Gioi Giungano Laureana Cilento Laurino Laurito Lustra Magliano Vetere Moio della Civitella Montano Antilia Montecorice Monteforte Cilento Monte San Giacomo Montesano sulla Marcellana Morigerati Novi Velia Ogliastro Cilento Omignano Orria Ottati Perdifumo Perito Petina Piaggine Pisciotta Polla Pollica Postiglione Prignano Cilento Roccadaspide Roccagloriosa Rofrano Roscigno Sacco Salento San Giovanni a Piro San Mauro Cilento San Mauro la Bruca San Pietro al Tanagro San Rufo Santa Marina Sant'Angelo a Fasanella Sant'Arsenio Sanza Sassano Serramezzana Sessa Cilento Sicignano degli Alburni Stella Cilento Stio Teggiano Torre Orsaia Torchiara Tortorella Trentinara Valle dell'Angelo Vallo della Lucania
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See also Cilentan Coast Castelcivita Caves Pertosa Caves Foce del Sele List of National Parks of Italy Caves of Marina di Camerota
References
External links
Official website Official pages by the Park Authority on Parks.it