Alta Murgia National Park
Encyclopedia
The Parco Nazionale dell'Alta Murgia is a national park
in Apulia
, southern Italy. It lies in the Murgia
geographical area. It was instituted in 2004, with an area of 677.39 km². The seat is in Gravina in Puglia
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National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
in Apulia
Apulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...
, southern Italy. It lies in the Murgia
Murgia
Murgia is a sub-region of Apulia in southern Italy, corresponding to a karst topographic plateau of rectangular shape, occupying the central area of the region. The name stems from the Latin murex, meaning "sharp stone"....
geographical area. It was instituted in 2004, with an area of 677.39 km². The seat is in Gravina in Puglia
Gravina in Puglia
Gravina in Puglia is an Italian municipality in the Southern Italian Province of Bari, site along a river of the same name in the Western Murgia geographical area of Apulia.It is the seat of the Alta Murgia National Park....
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External links
- Pages by the Park Authority on Parks.it
- Documentary film about the Sassi di Matera and the Murgia, Roba Forestiera, 44 min., 2004
- Website containing many images of Alta Murgia National Park