Park ”Valle del Ticino” (Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino) description and photos - Italy: Lombardy (Topic)

Park "Valle del Ticino" (Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino) description and photos - Italy: Lombardy. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Parco Lombardo della Valle del Ticino.

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Park "Valle del Ticino" - the first regional park in Italy - was founded in 1974 to protect the Ticino River and the ecosystems of the river valley. It is spread over an area of 91 thousand hectares, which also includes 47 municipalities.

The Ticino River originates in Switzerland - its mouth is located at an altitude of 2480 m on the Novena Pass, and it flows into Lake Lago Maggiore. The Valle del Ticino valley is characterized by enormous biodiversity - here you can find rivers and streams, coniferous and floodplain forests, swamps and fields cultivated by man. The park is inhabited by 48 species of mammals - pine martens, foxes, badgers, weasels, ferrets, etc. The biological significance of the park has received international recognition - in 2002, the Valle del Ticino was included in the network of international biosphere reserves.

The territory of the park consists of several parts: in fact, a river valley, an irrigated plain crossed by artificial canals, a heather-covered plateau with several settlements and pre-alpine hills in the province of Varese, rich in pine groves.

The Ticino River has always represented a natural border between civilizations, nations, peoples and states that built castles and fortifications on its banks. Among them are the castles of Abbiategrasso, Vigevano, Bereguardo, Somma Lombardo, Villa Visconti in Cassindetta di Luganano and Villa Gaia in Robecco sul Naviglio, the Abbey of Morimondo, etc. From other buildings only ruins remained, such as in Ozzatero, Bezate or Vergiglio. And some of the buildings have been rebuilt so many times over the centuries that almost nothing remains of the original buildings - Garlasco, Arsago Seprio, Bernate Ticino. And in Arsago Seprio, in the northern part of the park, some of the most important religious buildings in the region have been preserved - the 12th century baptistery and the beautiful church of San Vittore.

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