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CAMOSCIO APPENNINICO
PACENTRO L’area faunistica è localizzata in località Pian dell’Orso, a pochi chilometri dal centro abitato di Pacentro. Si estende su una superficie complessiva di circa 28,5 ettari ed è suddivisa in quattro recinti di diverse dimensioni dei quali uno è destinato all’acclimatazione degli animali. L’ambiente dove è stata costruita la struttura è particolarmente adatto alla specie: si spazia infatti dai 1000 metri di quota circa nella parte piu’ bassa fino ai 1400 metri dove il recinto raggiunge le balze di roccia piu suggestive e tipiche dei luoghi dove abitualmente vive il camoscio. Il bosco è intervallato da piccole radure dove gli animali possono tranquillamente alimentarsi. Al servizio dell’area è stato poi realizzato un piccolo edificio destinato a punto informazioni per i visitatori, locale per attività veterinarie e magazzino. Oggi nell’area sono già presenti due meravigliosi esemplari di camoscio, un maschio ed una femmina, che hanno perfettamente superato la fase di acclimatazione ambientandosi molto bene nel nuovo spazio che li ospita.
CAMOSCIO APPENNINICO
LAMA DEI PELIGNI Born in 1991, within the reintroduction of Abruzzi Chamois on Majella, this area allows individuals, groups and pupils to sight this wonderful ungulate, endemic species of Abruzzo. The Chamois, disappeared from Majella in the beginnings of last century, came back again and today there are about 230 specimens with a full growth population. Priority species according to the European Directive “Habitat”, it has recently been the central topic of “Life Nature” Project in order to safeguard this animal and carried out in cooperation with two other National Parks, Gran Sasso and Sibillini. The Faunistic Area can be visited by booking at Visitor Centre in Lama dei Peligni. Moreover, this facility is able to arrange thematic tours and/or educational activities.
CAPRIOLO
SERRAMONACESCA The Faunistic Area of Roe is next to the famous Abbey of San Liberatore a Majella. This zone has a remarkable historical and archaeological value: from this centre the Alento river can be easily reached and there are rocky graves dating back to the Early Christian Age. The Retreat of Sant’Onofrio is located just few km from here: it can be reached through a short trail. Next to the Faunistic Area there is an equipped route for hyposeeing and blind people. The Roe population, the smallest one in the Cervidae family, is in full growth in the Park and the last census points at the presence of more than 200 specimens.
CASA DEL LUPO
CARAMANICO TERME This is the Scientific Centre of the Park; it has been opened but recently, and it is provided with 22 beds. The building is just opposite to the Visitor Centre “P. Barrasso”, and next to the faunal area of the otter. It has been known to the academic world for a long time, and now it is intended to become a point of reference for academics, scholars and students working in the Park.
CENTRO DI VISITA
CARAMANICO TERME In “Paolo Barrasso” Visitor Centre there is a naturalistic and archeological museum. The naturalistic section, on the lower floor, is dedicated to geology, to the fossils discovered on the Majella Mountain and to the reconstruction of the habitat of the otter and of some environments that can be found in Valle dell’Orfento: beech wood, cliffs, pine wood. The archeological section, on the upper floor, is dedicated to several findings from the North side of Mout Majella, dating back to different periods: from the Upper Paleolithic to the Roman age. This section is also accessible to visually impaired or blind people. Other two sections are accessible to differently able people: the faunal area of the otter and a conference room. In the Centre, visitors will find a library and a didactic laboratory. The Centre is the ideal starting-point for excursions in Valle dell’Orfento, Eremo di S. Giovanni and towards every place in the North-West side of the Park. Once arrived in the Centre, visitors can obtain more information on tourist routes and activities.
CENTRO DI VISITA E MUSEO NATURALISTICO
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CENTRO DI VISITA MAURIZIO LOCATI
LAMA DEI PELIGNI “Maurizio Locati” Visitor Centre has a section dedicated to the chamois of Abruzzo with didactic panels and panoramas showing rocky environment and fauna in the Park. On the upper floor there is an archeological section that shows the history of the East side of Mount Majella from prehistory to Middle Ages, to nowadays. One of the oldest finding is the “Majella Man” cast, discovered in Fonterossi (near Lama dei Peligni) and dating back to 7.000 years ago. “Maurizio Locati” Visitor Centre includes not only the Museum, but also the Botanical Garden “M. Tenore”, aviaries with birds of prey from several rehabilitation centres, the reconstruction of a Neolithic village, and the faunal area of the chamois of Abruzzo. The Centre is the ideal starting-point for excursions towards Rifugio Tarì or towards the cave paintings in Grotta S. Angelo or Grotta del Cavallone (1475m a.s.l.). Grotta del Cavallone is one of the deepest caves in Europe open to the public. The tourist route runs for almost 1km inside the mountain and visitors can see a lot of halls with thousands of stalagmites and stalactites centuries old. Once arrived in the Centre, visitors can obtain more information on these tourist routes. This Centre is also the starting-point for the Nature Path, a short and easy walk, and for the faunal area of the chamois of Abruzzo. In the Centre, visitors will find an archeological-naturalistic library, a conference room and a theatre in the open.
ACTIVITIES AND NEWS: 1) Corso Pratico di raccolta e conservazione del Germoplasma nel Parco Nazionale della Majella (Versante Orientale e Monti Pizzi ) 2) VISITA GUIDATA AL GIARDINO BOTANICO “M.TENORE”
CENTRO DI VISITA S. EUFEMIA A MAIELLA
SANT'EUFEMIA A MAIELLA The Centre, created to support the Botanical Garden “Daniela Brescia”, is a structure aimed at the preservation-through-cultivation of flowers that grow in the Park and in Central Apennines in general: it is the centre of the Majella National Park Herbarium, with more than 1.000 of vegetal samples. The Centre is also involved in didactics: it organizes guided tours of the garden and didactic routes for schools. There is also a conference room. This Centre is the ideal starting-point for excursions to the Lama Bianca beech wood, with paths accessible to differently able people. Once arrived in the Centre, visitors can obtain more information on tourist routes and activities.
ACTIVITIES AND NEWS: 1) Come un libro… geologia e paleontologia della Majella 2) Visita Guidata al Giardino Botanico “D. Brescia”
CENTRO INFORMAZIONE
PESCOCOSTANZO Very interesting cultural-historical centre, Pescocostanzo is renowned for its rich handicraft: pillow laces, filigree and wrought iron. This is the starting-point for excursions on Monte Pizzalto, Monte Rotella, Bosco di Sant’Antonio, Quarto S. Chiara, Quarto Barone and to the Eremi (hermitages) of S. Michele and S. Antonio. Once arrived in the Centre, visitors can obtain more information on tourist routes and activities.
CENTRO INFORMAZIONE
CAMPO DI GIOVE This is the ideal starting-point for excursions on Monte Porrara, Monte Amaro, Tavola Rotonda, Fonte Romana and Passo S. Leonardo. The original village was raised near the banks of a lake called Tescinum, which is just a little basin today: one of the few expanses of water in the Park that do not dry up during summer. The historical centre is medieval, but it has been modified during the Renaissance and the XVIII century. Visitors can reach Campo di Giove by train (Sulmona-Carpinone-Isernia line). Once arrived in the Centre, visitors can obtain more information on tourist routes and activities.
CENTRO INFORMAZIONE
GUARDIAGRELE Ancient village dominated by the Longobard tower which once guarded the inhabited place called Grele, the history of Guardiagrele dates back to the Roman times, when it was called Aelion. Guardiagrele has been an excellent artisan centre for centuries, renowned for its wrought gold, copper and iron: it was not for sheer chance that the great goldsmith Nicola da Guardiagrele was born here. Moreover, every August Guardiagrele is the centre of an interesting Handicraft Exhibition. Guardiagrele, situated at 600 m. above sea level, offers a breathtaking view from the tops of the Majella to the Adriatic sea. It is also an ideal starting- point for excursions in the Park, towards Bocca di Valle, Piana delle Mele, Valle delle Monache, Cascata San Giovanni and Majelletta, too.
CENTRO INFORMAZIONE
BOLOGNANO The centre, near the square of the town, is an important orientation point for those tourists that want to visit the majestic Valle dell’Orta, carved by the force of the water and rich in caves and other archeological and naturalistic places.
CENTRO INFORMAZIONE
CARAMANICO TERME Visitors and tourists that arrive in Caramanico, a spa renowned for its sulphurous water, will find a good reception and orientation in Casa d’Antino, an ancient palace restored by the Park Authority in the centre of the town. In Caramanico, visitors can enjoy the other structures of the Park (Visitor Centre with museum, Otter Faunal Area) and go on excursions in beautiful Valle dell’Orfento.
CENTRO INFORMAZIONE
PENNAPIEDIMONTE This is the ideal starting-point for excursions in the Vallone di Selvaromana, Vallone delle Tre Grotte, Monte Focalone, Monte Acquaviva and Cima Murelle. Pennapiedimonte is also a sighting point of the chamois of Abruzzo. Once arrived in the Centre, visitors can obtain more information on tourist routes and activities.
CENTRO INFORMAZIONE
SAN VALENTINO A. C. Il Centro è allestito nei locali dello splendido palazzo Delfina Olivieri De Cambaceres, messi a disposizione dall’Amministrazione comunale di San Valentino, e che già ospitano il Museo delle Ambre e dei Fossili, la biblioteca comunale e la mostra permanente dei Comuni della Comunità montana Majella – Morrone. Il Centro costituisce una vera e propria porta d’entrata al settore occidentale del Parco; da San Valentino infatti, si possono raggiungere facilmente gli eremi celestiniani, le Valli dell’Orta e dell’Orfento e gli itinerari di alta quota della Majella e del Morrone.
CENTRO INFORMAZIONE
CANSANO
ACTIVITIES AND NEWS: 1) Orario di apertura 2012 2) Natura selvaggia al Parco Nazionale della Majella (Abruzzo) Wolfweeken 3) “Passa le Festività Natalizie al Parco Nazionale della Majella!”
CENTRO INFORMAZIONE
PACENTRO Very interesting historical centre, Pacentro is the ideal starting-point for excursions on Monte Morrone, Passo San Leonardo and Fonte Romana. Once arrived in the Centre, visitors can obtain more information on tourist routes and activities.
CERVO
ATELETA This Faunistic Area, under the jurisdiction of Gamberale (CH) with small sites inside the Municipality of Ateleta (AQ), hosts the Deer, beechwoods typical ungulate. These undamaged forests extend in the South-Eastern zone of protected area thanks to the preservation activity of Park Authority that acquired and manages a large extent of them. Tour Guides of Faunistic Area can be arranged by contacting the Cooperative “Tre Monti”. In the surroundings it is possible to make wonderful hiking trails, dipped in the luxuriant green of woods and inside a very peculiar landscape.
LA CASA DELL’ORSO – ALBERGO E RISTORANTE
PALENA The Bear House is inside a Franciscan friary which dates back to the XIII century but has been completely renovated. In the same building there is also the Bear Museum. Visitors can enter the wonderful cloister, decorated with frescos representing the life of Grey Friars. The Bear House is provided with 7 furnished rooms (all featuring an en suite bathroom, a telephone, a colour TV and heating system), a bar, a banqueting-hall, a reading room with TV, a playground, a picnic area and a parking area. In the Bear House, visitors can enjoy their free time walking surrounded by nature, hiring a mountain-bike and riding through the Park, riding horses or visiting historical, cultural and paleontological sites. The Bear House is part of the Majella National Park therefore it respects the environment, it preserves the natural resources which it uses, it saves water and electricity and it tries to awaken its guests to respect of nature.
LONTRA EUROPEA
CARAMANICO TERME It is the most important breeding centre of European Otter: this Area stands in the "Paolo Barrasso" Visitor Centre in Caramanico Terme (Pescara) and is owned by the National Forest Rangers. In addition to the scientific and reproductive purposes, inside this area an educational enclosure has been created in order to sight a couple of Otters during their natural activities. This mustelid has twilight and nocturnal habitus and it can be sighted only at the darkening. For these reasons the tour guide is carried out in small groups and just in few days. For information about visits dates and booking, please contact the "P. Barrasso” Visitor Centre.
LUPO APPENNINICO
PRETORO The Apennine Wolf, one of the most important mammal in this area, has been chosen as symbol of the Park. At the present moment this species is subject matter of studies, within the “Life Nature” Project, about large-sized carnivorous. The faunistic Area has a remarkable scientific value because of the ethological and health monitoring of this species; it can be visited from individuals or groups by contacting the C.E.A. "Il Grande Faggio". The C.E.A. provides nature camps and tour guides in search of this fascinating predator. Each first Sunday of May, in Pretoro takes places a scenic Representation known as "Lu Lope" (The Wolf) about a San Domenico’s miracle, Holy Patron of this town.
ACTIVITIES AND NEWS: 1) La montagna dei fiori 2) Il sentiero ritrovato 3) Dove osano i camosci! 4) Programmi attività estate 2010 5) PROGRAMMA ATTIVITA' ESTATE 2010
MOM – MUSEO DELL’ORSO MARSICANO
PALENA The MOM, “Museo dell’Orso Marsicano” (Museum of Marsican Brown Bear) occupies a wing of former S. Antonio’s Cloister, in the Municipality of Palena: it is formed by five sections set up with panels, dioramas and a striking reproduction of forest at night. The exhibition areas set out the biological features, the life habits, the mythology and the history of this phlegmatic plantigrade. Moreover, these sectors describe the topics connected to the threat of extinction and the activities created in order to protect and safeguard the Marsican Brown Bear. The strength of this museum lies in its popular/educational purposes which prevail over the scientific ones: the interactive section allows to arouse kids and adults curiosity. This structure also features a multi-media hall that enables the showing of documentaries about the Bear and the Park. The Museum regards itself as a meeting point where the you will learn to know, love and safeguard the Bear. It was built in the territory of Palena because this area is usually featured by the presence of the Brown Bear: so, the guided tour of Museum could be completed with the hike through one of the Bear Paths, being in a direct contact with its habitat and sighting the signs of its presence.
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