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Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio
IUCN category II (national park)
A view in the park
Location of Vesuvius
Location	Campania
Nearest city	Torre del Greco
Coordinates	40°49′01″N14°25′37″E / 40.817°N 14.427°E / 40.817; 14.427
Area	72.59 km2 (28.03 sq mi)
Established	June 5, 1995
Governing body	Ministero dell'Ambiente
www.parks.it/parco.nazionale.vesuvio/Eindex.html

Vesuvius National Park (Italian : Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio) is an Italian national park centered on the active volcano Vesuvius, southeast from Naples. The park was founded on June 5, 1995, and covers an area of around 135 square kilometers all located within the Province of Naples.

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It is centered on the active volcano and its most ancient (now inactive) crater, Monte Somma. It houses 612 plant 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

References

External links

• Pages by the Park Authority on Parks.it
• "The National Park". Vesuvioinrete. March 14, 2021.

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