News from the Italian Parks

(30 Ago 17) The participatory process traced by Gran Sasso-Monti della Laga National Park in the framework of the LIFE Praterie project is coming to a close. At the end of this long, lively, demanding but fruitful discussion with all the local actors, the Park Authority organises a series of local meetings, war...

(Cerreto Laghi, 18 Ago 17) Four successful editions, hundreds of enthusiasts, tens of teams coming from different countries: in Cerreto Laghi, between the provinces of Reggio Emilia and Massa Carrara, within the Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park, preparations for the 2017 edition of the World Mushroom ...

(Mantova, 16 Ago 17) Mincio Park reminds all those practicing wels catfishing that the Park has an agreement with a specialised company appointed to remove, within two hours, the carcasses of wels catfish. In order to do that, however, the fish have to be carried onto the ground. If you do, you can call the Park Authori...

(05 Ago 17) The “Praterie” project takes part in the 2017 edition, too, of the Sheep Exposition in Campo Imperatore. The Chamber of Commerce of L’Aquila organises this event in Fonte Macina, in the municipality of Castel del Monte. Over the last few years, the Park has been participating in th...

(27 Lug 17) The thousand-year old practice of transhumance is placed at the core of the new cultural initiative of LIFE Praterie’s  Service and Information Centres: a documentary titled “Transumanze d’Europa” will be shown Saturday, 29 July, in Rocca Calascio. The presence of its au...

(Manarola - Sede, 24 Lug 17) The Festival (MORE INFO) Artists Grandi & Fanti Grandi & Fanti are a band from Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre) that plays in local dialect. As their name suggests, band members are mostly young people (“fanti”): Irene Somovigo (voice), Luca Scapin (bouzouki), Leonardo Franceschetti...

(Manarola - Sede, 24 Lug 17) Grandi & Fanti are a band from Riomaggiore (Cinque Terre) that plays in local dialect. As their name suggests, band members are mostly young people ("fanti"): Irene Somovigo (voice), Luca Scapin (bouzouki), Leonardo Franceschetti (guitar), Lorenzo Beschi (electri...

(Treviso, 19 Lug 17) Now the Sile Park can be reached on its renewed official website at www.parcosile.it. The Park Authority constantly checks and updates all its contents, from the home page, which features a navigation bar in common with all the subpages, to the numerous boxes that emphasise some information on natur...

(Manarola - Sede, 13 Lug 17) Born in Tultepec, Mexico, Victor Contreras studied organ and harpsichord in Paris with Eric Lebrun, Élisabeth Joyé and Richard Siegel. He held organ specialisation courses at the Regional Conservatory of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne, France), at the National Music Co...

(Mantova, 13 Lug 17) In 47 out of 66 activities constituting the Action Plan of the Mincio River Contract (they were initially 62, then 4 more have been added) there have been progresses, or the related activities have been started and, in some cases, even concluded.The technical group that met yesterday at the Park off...