Right at the centre of the Abruzzo National Park, surrounded by Monte Greco and Monti Sterpi d’Alto, there is Lake Barrea. At an altitude of 980 m, with a surface of 303 ha, a length of 4,6 km [...]
Scanno lake is located in Abruzzo, in the lower part of the province of L’Aquila, among the Marsicani mountains, in the high valey of the Saggitario river, and it originated from an ancient [...]
Small and very tasty: a minuscule lentil of few millimetres of diameter, rounded and dark coloured, brown-purple. It grows over 1000 m above sea level and only on Gran Sasso, in the virgin [...]
The lentils (Lens culinaris) cultivated in Santo Stefano di Sessanio, mountain municipality of the L’Aquila province and part of the “Parco del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga”, belong to a rare [...]
The name of this village in the heart of Abruzzo National Park, comes from Roman goddess of the earth, Ope, sister and wife of Saturno, daughter of Cielo and Vesta; other sources say it comes [...]
(ENGLISH TRANSLATION BELOW) L’Orto Botanico di Collemaggio si trova in prossimità della Basilica omonima, alla periferia della città di L’Aquila. In origine l’Orto era utilizzato dai frati [...]
The Park of Castello dell’Aquila, green lung of the city, develops around the Spanish Fort. Also known as Castello Cinquecentesco, the fort was built during Spanish occupation in the first half [...]
Most of Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise is located in the province of L’Aquila, while the rest is in the province of Frosinone (Lazio) and Isernia (Molise). It was opened in [...]
Established in 1991, Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga is mainly located in Abruzzo (provinces of L’Aquila, Teramo and Pescara) and partly in the the nearby areas of Lazio (Rieti) [...]
Parco Nazionale della Majella, established in 1991, is one of the three national parks in Abruzzo, extending over the provinces of L’Aquila, Pescara and Chieti for about 62838 hectares of mostly [...]
Quercus pubescens (Fagaceae) This majestic oak has grown undisturbed for 750 years near a land that was once occupied by a monastery of Capuchin friars. Due to its impressive size (trunk [...]
Riserva Gole del Sagittario is a prtected natural area established in 1997; it includes the valley where the Sagittario river flows, from Villalago to Cocullo (AQ). The area, WWF oasis since [...]
