Monti Marsicani

Their survival was possible mainly thanks to the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise that protects a huge part of this mountain group.

The Marsicani Mountains can be divided into numerous subgroups that are each greater than the height of 2000 metres and are separated by valleys in which there are rivers and streams leading into the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas and the riverbed of Fucino.

The subgroups that compose the Marsicani Mountains : The area is made of 21 municipal communities from which lead various paths, part of the organized structure for tourists, that include visitor centers, museums, refuges and many other attractions.

The most important characteristics of that period are various types of sedimentation, such as a platform that origins from a marine zone with little oxygen and much algae, calcareous substances and creatures adapted to survive in muddy territories.

The area was far more nutritive, which permitted the existence of numerous living forms and their fossils now are an important source for geological researches.

There are about 60 species of mammals, 300 of birds, 40 of reptiles, amphibians and fish and they all are protected as a part of National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise.