Riserva naturale Feudo Intramonti, nature reserve in Italy

Riserva naturale Feudo Intramonti is a 908-hectare state nature reserve on the slopes of Monte Marsicano, in the municipalities of Civitella Alfedena, Opi and Scanno. It lies near the Sangro river, by Monte Amaro di Opi, and is covered by coppiced woods of turkey oak and beech, with lesser maple, Hungarian maple and hornbeam.

The reserve lies on the slopes of Monte Marsicano in the municipalities of Civitella Alfedena, Opi and Scanno. Until 1687 it was a fief of Civitella Alfedena held by the Della Posta family, then by the Di Sangro and Tarolla families, and from 1878 to 1954 by the Crugnale family. The State Forestry Company bought it in 1957; the area was declared a state nature reserve in 1972 and enlarged in 1976.

The name Feudo Intramonti recalls the estate held by Civitella Alfedena until 1687, when it passed from the Della Posta family to the Di Sangro and Tarolla families; the Crugnale family owned it from 1878 to 1954. Since 2018 the Casale Crugnale, on the SS83 Marsicana road in Civitella Alfedena, houses the museum room "Storia in una stanza".

The reserve covers 908 hectares across the municipalities of Civitella Alfedena, Opi and Scanno, on the slopes of Monte Marsicano near the Sangro river. The Casale Crugnale, on the SS83 Marsicana road in Civitella Alfedena, houses the museum room "Storia in una stanza", set up in 2018. Paths lead toward Monte Amaro di Opi and Monte Marsicano.

The reserve's faunal list includes the Abruzzo chamois, the Marsican brown bear, the Apennine wolf, the golden eagle and the white-backed woodpecker. The woods are coppiced stands of turkey oak and beech, with lesser maple, Hungarian maple and hornbeam. The reserve covers 908 hectares on the slopes of Monte Marsicano.