Natural reserve Pine forest of Santa Filomena, Nature reserve along the Adriatic coast in Pescara, Italy.
Riserva naturale Pineta di Santa Filomena is a protected coastal woodland between Pescara and Montesilvano covered with maritime pines and Mediterranean plants. The forest stretches as a narrow, elongated strip close to the water and forms a green barrier between the city and the shoreline.
The reserve was created in 1977 in the Abruzzo region, in the province of Pescara, on land straddling the municipalities of Pescara and Montesilvano. Together with the Riserva Dannunziana it preserves the last remnant of a pine wood that once covered the whole surrounding coast. During the fascist autarky years, domestic pines were planted here to increase resin production for the chemical industry.
The reserve is the last remnant, together with the Riserva Dannunziana, of a pine wood that once covered the whole surrounding coast. Its name comes from the Santa Filomena locality on the border between Pescara and Montesilvano, in the Villa Verrocchio district. The domestic pines among the Aleppo pines were planted during the Fascist autarky years to increase resin production for the chemical industry.
The reserve is a narrow strip about 3.2 km long and 60–70 m wide, up to 200 m at its widest, in the Villa Verrocchio area on Pescara's northern edge. It is bordered by built-up areas to the north, south and west, while its eastern side faces the Pescara and Montesilvano shore and the sea. The raptor recovery centre run by the forestry corps sits inside the pine wood.
Inside the pine wood stands a raptor recovery centre run by the State Forestry Corps, the Corpo forestale dello Stato. It is the one facility the sources record within the reserve, and it sits among the Aleppo pines rather than in a separate building complex outside the trees.
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