Vesuvius National Park

Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio
IUCN Category II (National Park)
A view in the park
Location of Vesuvius
Location	Campania
Nearest city	Naples
Area	72.59 km2 (28.03 sq mi)
Established	1991
Governing body	Ministero dell'Ambiente
Official website

Vesuvius National Park (Italian: Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio) is a national park centered around the volcano, Mount Vesuvius, east of Naples, Italy. The park was founded in 1995 and covers an area of around 135 square kilometers all located within the Province of Naples.

It is centered around the Vesuvius, an active volcano, and its most ancient (now inactive) crater, Monte Somma. It houses 612 vegetable species and 227 wildlife ones.

See also

• Pompeii
• Herculaneum
• Boscoreale
• Boscotrecase
• Ercolano
• Massa di Somma
• Ottaviano
• Pollena Trocchia
• San Giuseppe Vesuviano
• San Sebastiano al Vesuvio
• Sant'Anastasia
• Somma Vesuviana
• Terzigno
• Torre Annunziata
• Torre del Greco
• Trecase

External links

• Pages by the Park Authority on Parks.it
• "The National Park". Vesuvioinrete. http://www.vesuvioinrete.it/e_parco.htm. 

Coordinates: 40°49′01″N 14°25′37″E / 40.817°N 14.427°E / 40.817; 14.427

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