Parco dei Monti Sicani, Nature reserve in Palermo, Italy.
The Parco dei Monti Sicani is a nature reserve spanning multiple municipalities and encompassing four distinct nature reserves plus several protected areas. The landscape consists of mountains and valleys with forests, meadows, and villages scattered throughout the terrain.
The area became officially protected in 2014, uniting four major mountain massifs of the region. This decision recognized the natural and biological importance of these landscapes.
The park's official seats were in Bivona and Palazzo Adriano, the two towns that hosted the managing authority, the Ente Parco dei Monti Sicani, under regional supervision. When the park was dissolved in July 2019, the four pre-existing oriented nature reserves it had absorbed — Monti di Palazzo Adriano e Valle del Sosio, Monte Carcaci, Monte Genuardo e Santa Maria del Bosco, and Monte Cammarata — were reinstated.
The reserve has marked trails connecting different areas and passing through varied terrain. Visitors should bring sturdy footwear and water, as the routes traverse mountainous landscape.
The park existed only from 19 December 2014 to July 2019: the regional administrative court annulled its founding decree after landowners appealed, and the four reserves it had absorbed (Monte Cammarata, Monti di Palazzo Adriano e Valle del Sosio, Monte Carcaci, Monte Genuardo e Santa Maria del Bosco) were restored as separate entities.
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