The Sirente-Velino Regional Park (Italian: ''Parco regionale naturale del Sirente Velino'') is a
regional park A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government.
Definition
A regional park can be a special park distri ...
in the
province of L'Aquila
The Province of L'Aquila ( it, Provincia dell'Aquila) is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the Abruzzo region of Central Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part of ...
,
Abruzzo, central
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
.
It is centered on the
Monte Velino
Monte Velino is a mountain (2,487 m) in the province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo, central Italy, part of the Abruzzo Apennines. Located nearby the boundary with Lazio, between the Fucino plain and the Aterno, Salto and Velino rivers' valleys ...
and
Monte Sirente massifs, including also the Rocche plateau and the
Piani di Pezza and
Campo Felice plains. The seat of the park is in
Rocca di Mezzo Rocca di Mezzo (locally ''La Rocca'') is a ''comune'' and town in the Province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy.
It is home to the seat of the Sirente-Velino Regional Park
The Sirente-Velino Regional Park (Italian: ''Parco regio ...
.
External links
Official website
Regional parks of Italy
Parks in Abruzzo
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