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Identity Card
- Land Area (ha): 23.115,00
- Regions: Toscana
- Provinces: Lucca, Pisa
- Towns: Lucca, Massarosa, Pisa, San Giuliano Terme, Vecchiano, Viareggio
- Establishing measures: LR 61 13/12/1979 - LR 24 16/3/94
- PA Official list: EUAP0231
Park Authority: Ente Parco Regionale Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli |
Parco Naturale di Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli,
after ups and downs and a long political, social, and cultural
elaboration process (similar to the one of other national realities)
was established with Legge Regionale Toscana n° 61 on 13th December
1979.
It was one of the first regional parks to be established and the second in Tuscany after Maremma Park (established in 1975). The Regional Law L.R. n. 61/79 established that
the Nature Park enclosed the territory and area under its jurisdiction,
setting the aims and marking its borders (art. 1 and 2). Art. 3
determined and established the Park Authority: in this way the
Consortium "Consorzio del Parco Naturale Migliarino, San Rossore,
Massaciuccoli" was born, with the aim to temporarily manage and
administer the Park.
(the following links all lead to Italian texts)
Further information |
The Park territory stretches along the coastal strip of the provinces
of Pisa and Lucca, involving the Municipalities of Pisa, Viareggio, San
Giuliano Terme, Vecchiano and Massarosa. The area was in the past
covered by lagoons and marshes which have been gradually filled up with
the detritus carried by the river Serchio and, more consistently, by
the river Arno.
(the following links all lead to Italian texts)
- Fauna
Very different habitats with varied microclimate situations lead to the presence of a great variety of animals in Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli Park: a real nature encyclopedia in the open air.
- Sandy Shores and Dunes
Sandy shores and dunes form the sandy shoreline stretching for about 23 km along the coast from Calambrone to Viareggio.
- Wetlands
Water plays without a doubt an essential role in the Park: as a matter
of fact, the area covered with marshes, rivers, lakes and ponds is of
about 3.000 hectares. Besides the Tyrrhenian Sea delimiting the border
in the west and the large area of Massaciucoli Lake in the north, the
territory is crossed by important rivers and watercourses: the river
Arno, the river Serchio, Canale dei Navicelli, Fiume Morto, Burlamacca
etc.; however, wetlands and marshes are the main features of the area
and present themselves in various ways.
- Rural areas
The total surface of the Park covers an area of 23,100 hectares, 9.356 of which belong to rural areas.
- Woodlands
Over a third of the Park area is covered with woods. These areas have
been subject to relevant changes during the centuries: as a matter of
fact, the forests dominating the whole plain have gradually given way
to clearings used for agricultural purposes or have been transformed
into pinewoods around the 16th century.
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