Pollino National Park
Author: VeronicaThe territory of Pollino park consists of several mountain ranges that, between the Ionian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, rise up to the highest peaks of southest Appennino mountains: the Massif of Pollino, the Orsomarso Mounts and the Alpi Mount.
The Pollino Massif has the highest peaks of the Park: Serra Dolcedorme (2267 m), Pollino Mount (2248 m), Serra del Prete (2181 m), Serra delle Ciavole (2127 m) and Serra di Crispo (2053 m). Among these last two surveys, nearly 2000 meters, you find n the Great Door (Grande Porta) that leads to plans of Pollino, the most famous and evocative plateau of high-altitude surrounded by the most ancient species of Pino loricato , that dominate an area rich in rivers and streams – Raganello, Frido, Peschiera, Sarmento.
The plan of Campotenese, to a lower rate, separates the Massif of Pollino from the Orsomarso Mountains that rise, dense in vegetation, in the south west area of the park, towards the Tyrrhenian sea: the Cozzo del Pellegrino (1987 m), La Mula (1935 m), La Montea (1825 m), Monte La Caccia (1744), Monte Palanuda (1632 m), identify an area of absolute integrity and beauty. Here there are valleys carved by unspoiled rivers – Argentino, Abatemarco, Lao, Rosa – which, through leaps and falls, giving rise to a landscape of considerable charm. The presence of spectacular monoliths or particular forms of rocks, such as Pietra Campanara, Pietra Pertusata and Tavola dei Briganti, increase the strength of an impressive natural scenery among the most charming of the south.
In the northern part of the park rises, isolated, the Alpi Mount (1900 m) which is different from the Pollino Massif and Orsomarso Mountains for the particularity of its geological origin. More to the west, there is the La Spina Mount. The rocks that make up the territory are of limestone-dolomite nature of sedimentary origin. The submarine volcanic activity, is still reflected in the lava rocks of Timpa, Murge and Timpa of Pietrassasso, sites that are a rare and charming “geological garden”.
Other natural events have further characterized the morphology of the territory and, among the determinant factors, there is the erosive action of water on the limestone rocks that gave rise to karst phenomena, both on surface and underground. Dolines belong to first case, while the numerous galleries and deep chasms in the depth of the rock to the second.
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