Lombardy

(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...

(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...

(21 Mar 17) It is designed for schools and helps discover the world under the water surfaceThe activity started by placing sheltered spots for threatened fish to lay eggs, and with restocking actions, especially of pikes, perches, common rudds and tenches. Now Mincio Park has entered a new stage of fish protect...

(03 Nov 16) In the last weeks, most European storks have left for Africa, including those which had spent the summer in Mincio Park. Young birds will stay in Africa for at least two years before, hopefully, coming back to Europe, maybe in Mincio Park again. As it has been happening for several y...

(03 Nov 16) Mincio Park was awarded with the European Innovation Prize 2016 for best practices in social communication within the EDEN - European Destinations of Excellence - Network Read more (in Italian)...

(12 Set 16) The Ocno Archipelago - an installation by the architect Joseph Grima placed on the Lago Inferiore in Mantua - is made up of seven islands having different diameters and connected to each other, covering a total surface of 800 square meters. The work, whose shape recalls the lotus flowers...

(18 Mag 16) The Agreement for the Mincio river has reached its implementation stage. A process destined to change the future of the Mincio river has started, across the territories between Garda and Po, Lombardy and Venetia, originating the lakes of Mantua and the Valli del Mincio wetland. Th...

(05 Mag 16) The international jury members of the contest "Fotografare il Parco" (Photograph the Park) have declared the winners of the 11th edition. The contest is organized by: the Stelvio, the Gran Paradiso, the Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise and the Vanoise National Parks with the financial support of Swarovski Op...

(14 Apr 16) A long journey in stages to be acquainted with Mantua's natural profile giving this town its identity of "City of Water": in the protected area it was named after, the Mincio Park proposes a calendar of events entitled "I volti della natura in città" (Nature's faces in town), ...

(26 Mar 15) The winners of the 'Fotografare il Parco' international contest's 10th edition have been declared. The contest was organized by the Stelvio, Gran Paradiso, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise and Vanoise national parks in collaboration with Swarovski Optik Italia. Once again the contest registered a great pa...