| | | | | interest, the Madonie park since 2003 joined the |
| When You rent an apartment in Catania - Sicily, | | | | European Geopark Network to which participate more |
| during Your stay in You'll realize how beautiful and | | | | than twenty Europeans parks. |
| magic this region is. | | | | From the geographical point of view the Park can be |
| | | | | divided into three areas: the valley of the territory of |
| The Parco delle Madonie is a regional nature reserve | | | | northern Imera, the southern Imera valley and the Salso |
| established in 1989. The park includes the mountain | | | | and the Pollina valley. The three regions reflect a |
| chain of Madonie, located on the northern coast of | | | | natural correspondence with historical identities and |
| Sicily, between the rivers Imera and Pollina. The park | | | | relations that exist with the surrounding area. |
| hosts more than half of plant species in Sicily, and in | | | | The position of the current massive rocks of Madonie |
| particular most of those present only in Sicily. In the | | | | is the result of changes in a period of 40-50 million |
| park there are over half the species of birds, all | | | | years. According to recent calculations, the average |
| species of mammals and more than half of | | | | speed of lifting of the north-eastern Sicily in a million |
| invertebrate species in Sicily. | | | | years would vary between one and eight centimeters |
| Noteworthy are also the geological peculiarities. | | | | every one hundred years (in the Madonie from five to |
| Madonie geology is the focus of studies and research | | | | six centimeters). |
| started since the sixties. Just for the its geological | | | | |