Palata Menasciutto Reserve and Crema
It is one of the most important areas of the Park from a naturalistic
point of view: as a matter of fact, it has been included in the Sites
of Community Importance forming Natura 2000 Network at a European
level. The area includes woodlands, uncultivated fields, and wetlands:
environments representing the habitat of several species of mammals,
birds, reptiles, and amphibians including the rare and endemic Italian
Agile Frog (Rana latastei). The reserve only covers 56 hectares,
but it represents a very important natural environment in the context
of the surrounding plain.
You can visit the reserve along both
banks of the river by leaving from the Municipalities of Piannego and
Ricengo, at a few kilometers from the town of Crema, rich in
interesting historical-architectural elements. For information on the
town of Crema www.comune.crema.cr.it
