Italian Julian Alps

The Julian Alps begin on the southern side of Sella Carnizza in the Resia Valley and extend to Fella, Dolina and Bohinjka rivers.

Julius Kugy is a poet and mountaineer who is renowned for opening up routes in the Julian Alps, climbing previously unclimbed peaks as well as his poetry about the region.

The fauna of the Julian Alps is very rich as well, a heritage that has to be protected and controlled by the hunting and fishing regulation made by dedicated authorities in the best possible way.

In between the rocks nest the woodpecker, the raven with the yellow bill, last but not least the eagle, strictly protected.

Among the reptiles there are the horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) and the Vipera berus, easy to be found over the Montasio plateau, on the southern side of Mount Cimone, towards the Mount Nebria; other reptiles are the black salamander and the alpine triton, with its characteristic red stomach.