Parco naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo

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Capanne di Marcarolo Natural Regional Park
Parco naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo
Genova
Area8,216 ha (20,300 acres)[1]
Established1979
Governing bodyEnte di gestione delle Aree protette Appennino piemontese, (Bosio)
www.areeprotetteappenninopiemontese.it

The Capanne di Marcarolo Natural Regional Park (in Italian Parco naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo) is a natural park in the province of Alessandria (Piedmont, Italy). It gets the name from a small village in the protected area, Capanne di Marcarolo.

History

Cerastium utriense, one of the endemisms of the park.

Some artificial lakes located in the park as

freshwater.[2]

In 1944's spring a group of

nazi troops on Monte Tobbio. After a fight some of them managed to break the blockade while some others were captured, transferred near Benedicta Abbey and executed by firing squads on 7 April 1944.[3]

The natural park was established by the l.r. (regional law, in Italian

legge regionale) nr. 53 of August the 31st 1979 as modified by the l.r. nr. 13 of January the 23rd 1989.[4] The park area is also included in a SIC (Site of Community Importance) called Capanne di Marcarolo (code: IT1180026).[5] The SIC is larger than the park, and reaches a surface of 9548.78 ha.[6]

Geography

Gorzente lakes:Lago Lungo.

Situated in the inland of the

Pianura Padana (tributary of the Adriatic Sea) from the Ligurian Sea drainage basin. It covers over 82 square kilometres (32 sq mi).[7]

The park encompasses some tributary valleys of the

Po river
:

Concerned municipalities

The natural park is shared among seven different municipalities:

Main summits of the park

Summit cairn on Monte Pracaban.

Among the highest summits located in the park can be cited Monte Pracaban (946 m), Monte delle Figne (1172 m), Monte Taccone (1113 m) and Monte Leco (1072 m), located on its Southern borders of the park, and Monte Tobbio (1092 m), near the centre of the protected area.

Geology

Park geology is mostly tied to the Gruppo di Voltri.[8] In this area the collision between the

endemic plants, as Viola bertolonii or Cerastium utriense.[7]

Some

gold mines, now abandoned, have been exploited near Cascina Ferriere and in other surrounding locations.[10]

Wildlife

Short-toed snake eagle, the park symbol

Among animals is to be highlighted a wide

amphibia's biodiversity: in the park have been found eight different species of snakes and in the obscurity of the old mines[5] dwells the endemic Speleomantes strinatii,[11] at first considered a subspecies of the Italian cave salamander and now a self-standing species.[12]

In the streams lives not only the

fat dormouses, bats, roe deer, fallow deer, European hedgehogs, beech martens and hares
.

Located on a crowded

common buzzards
' couples also nest in the protected area.

Transport

Capanne di Marcarolo park can be reached by car via motorway (

Milano). The closest railway stations are in Serravalle Scrivia and Arquata Scrivia.[13]

Hiking

Summit church of Monte Tobbio.

A large network of footpaths, mostly signposted by F.I.E. (Federazione Italiana Escursionismo, Hiking Italian Federation) is available within the park. Two mountain hut can be used by hikers:

  • Maria Santissima di Caravaggio, on the top of Monte Tobbio: a room contiguous to the small church can be used as an emergence hut.[14]
  • Rifugio Escursionistico Nido Del Biancone, owned by the park and located in Frazione Capanne di Marcarolo (Bosio).[15]

References

  1. ^ "Parco Naturale Delle Capanne Di Marcarolo in Italy". UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  2. ^ M.Turbi. "Le CENTRALI IDROELETTRICHE degli ACQUEDOTTI di GENOVA 1883–2008" (PDF). www.cai.it (in Italian). Club Alpino Italiano. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  3. ^ "Il rastrellamento dell'aprile 1944". www.istitutoresistenza-ge.it (in Italian). ILSREC – Istituto ligure per la storia della Resistenza e dell’età contemporanea. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  4. ^ Ministero dell'ambiente e della tutela del territorio e del mare. "Elenco ufficiale delle aree protette (EUAP) – 5º Aggiornamento – Supplemento ordinario n. 144 alla Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 205 del 4 settembre 2003" (PDF). www.parks.it (in Italian). Federparchi. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  5. ^ a b c Settore gestione proprietà regionali forestali e vivaistiche (2003). ALLEGATO IV – schede dei siti di interesse comunitario (PDF) (in Italian). Regione Piemonte. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  6. ^ "Siti di Importanza Comunitaria (SIC)" (PDF). gis.csi.it (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  7. ^ a b "Parco Naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo". www.parks.it (in Italian). Federparchi. Retrieved 2016-04-07.
  8. ^ "Una scelta di natura e di cultura". www.parks.it (in Italian). Federparchi. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  9. ^ Settore Antincendi Boschivi and I.P.L.A. Studio di aree incendiate del Piemonte con riferimento all’erodibilità dei suoli, alla funzionalità protettiva dei soprassuoli ed alla pianificazione di interventi di ricostituzione boschiva (PDF) (in Italian). Regione Piemonte. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  10. ^ Guglielmo Jervis (1874). I tesori sotterranei dell'Italia (in Italian). Loescher. p. 63. Retrieved 2016-04-08. ferriere miniere oro.
  11. ^ Daniele Baroni and Andrea Costa (2016-02-02). "Appennino Piemontese, terra di anfibi". Piemonte Parchi (in Italian). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  12. ^ "Speleomantes strinatii". IUCN Liste Rosse italiane. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  13. ^ "Arrivare al parco". www.areeprotetteappenninopiemontese.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  14. ^ "Sul monte Tobbio". www.miapavia.it (in Italian). Buon Vento. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
  15. ^ "Rifugio Escursionistico Nido Del Biancone". www.parks.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2016-04-05.

Bibliography

  • Stefano Ardito (2006). Guida al Parco naturale delle Capanne di Marcarolo (in Italian). Erredì Grafiche Editoriali.
    ISBN 88-95023-00-5
    .

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