Aveto Natural Regional Park

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The Aveto Natural Regional Park is a natural park in Province of Genoa (Liguria, Italy). It was established in 1995.

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Situated in the inland of Tigullio area, Aveto Natural Regional Park protects one of the most beautiful and important areas of the Ligurian Apennines.

The protected territory, over 30 km², includes three valleys, each with its particular features:

  • high-mountain landscapes, grazing lands and large beech tree woods in Aveto Valley (Rezzoaglio, Santo Stefano d'Aveto);
  • meadows where cattle graze, chestnut tree and hazelnut tree woods, vegetable gardens and olive groves in Sturla Valley;
  • a well-preserved rural landscape with olive groves and vineyards, a great variety of rocks and minerals and therefore quarries and mines in Graveglia Valley.

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