Triglav National Park

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Triglav National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Triglav
Triglav
Location Slovenia
Area 838 km²
Established 1961 and enlarged 1981
Visitors 1,6 million (in 2006)
Planica valley
Planica valley
Tamar
Tamar
Triglav National Park sign
Triglav National Park sign

Triglav National Park (Slovene: Triglavski narodni park) is a national park located in Slovenia. It was named after mount Triglav, a national national symbol of Slovenia.

Triglav is situated almost in the middle of the national park. From it the valleys spread out radially, supplying water to two large river systems having their sources in the Julian Alps: the Soča and the Sava, flowing to the Adriatic and Black Sea, respectively.

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The proposal for conservation dates back to the year 1908, and was realised in 1924. Then, on the initiative taken by the Nature Protection Section of the Slovene Museum Society together with the Slovene Mountaineering Society, a twenty year lease was taken out on the Triglav Lakes Valley area, some 14 km². It was destined to become an Alpine Protection Park, however permanent conservation was not possible at that time.

In 1961, after many years of effort, the protection was renewed this time on a permanent basis and somewhat enlarged, embracing around 20 km². The protected area was officially designated as the Triglav National Park. Under this act, however, all objectives of a true national park were not attained and for this reason over the next two decades, new proposals for the extension and rearrangement of the protection were put forward.

Finally, in 1981, a rearrangement was achieved and the park was given a new concept and enlarged to 838 km² - the area it continues to cover to this day.

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