Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Ordesa Valley

Location	Pyrenees of Huesca, Spain
Nearest city	Jaca
Coordinates	42°40′18″N 0°3′20″E / 42.67167°N 0.05556°E / 42.67167; 0.05556Coordinates: 42°40′18″N 0°3′20″E / 42.67167°N 0.05556°E / 42.67167; 0.05556
Area	156.08 km²
Established	1918
Governing body	Spanish Ministry of Environment.

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park is an IUCN Category II National Park situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca province, Aragon, Spain and France . There has been a National Park in the Ordesa Valley since 1918. Its protected area was enlarged in 1982 to cover the whole region amounting to 156.08 km².

It has been included since 1997 by UNESCO in the Biosphere Reserve of Ordesa-Viñamala. In the same year it was included in the cross-border Pyrénées - Mont Perdu World Heritage Site.^[1]

The park's territory includes the municipalities of Torla, Broto, Fanlo, Tella-Sin, Puértolas, and Bielsa

Flora

At elevations up to 1,500-1,700 meters, there are extensive forests of beeches (Fagus sylvatica), Abies alba, pines (Pinus sylvestris), oaks (Quercus subpyrenaica), and a lesser extent of birches (Betula pendula), ashes (Fraxinus excelsior), willows (Salix angustifolia). At higher elevations up to 2,000 m, the mountain pine (Pinus uncinata) dominates. Up to 1,800 m, bushes of boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) are found. In the high meadows from 1,700 to 3,000 meters, there are numerous endemisms including Borderea pyrenaica, Campanula cochleariifolia, Ramonda myconi, Silene borderei, Androsace cylindrica, Pinguicula longifolia, Petrocoptis crassifolia, etc. The Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum), is one of the symbols of the National Park.

Fauna

The most important species of the Park was the bucardo or Pyrenean Ibex, which unfortunately became extinct in January 2000 in spite of the preservation efforts. The Pyrenean Chamois is a type of goat. There are other species such as the marmot, boar and the Pyrenean Desman or water-mole (Galemys pyrenaicus), and great birds like the golden eagle, the bearded vulture, the griffon vulture, hawks, and the royal owl.

Protected status

Many illustrious persons have been fond of the places in this region and have expounded their virtues. Luciano Briet, Soler i Santaló and Lucas Mallada helped promote the reputation of the region and obtain protected status for it.

An area of 21 square kilometres containing the Ordesa Valley was declared a National Park on 16 August 1918 by a Royal Decree. On 13 July 1982, it was enlarged to its current 156.08 km² and its official name was changed to Parque nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido.

Gallery

Cirque de Soaso, with Cilindro de Marboré, Monte Perdido and Soum de Ramond (left to right)
North face of La Brèche de Roland
Cirque of Soaso and Horse Tail
Path inside the Park
Monte Perdido
Northwest face of Cirque of Soaso

References

↑ "Pyrenees-Mont Perdu". United Nations Environment Program - World Conservation Monitoring Centre. January 2000. Archived from the original on 2008-07-18. Retrieved 2008-08-12.

External links

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National Parks of Spain

National parks	Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici Atlantic Islands of Galicia Cabañeros Cabrera Archipelago Caldera de Taburiente Doñana Garajonay Guadarrama Monfragüe Ordesa y Monte Perdido Picos de Europa Sierra Nevada Tablas de Daimiel Teide Timanfaya

World Heritage Sites in Spain

For official site names, see each article or the List of World Heritage Sites in Spain.

North West	Caves of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain¹ Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias Roman walls of Lugo Route of Santiago de Compostela¹ Santiago de Compostela Tower of Hercules

North East	Caves of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain¹ Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon Pirineos - Monte Perdido² Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin¹ Route of Santiago de Compostela¹ San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries Vizcaya Bridge

Community of Madrid	Aranjuez Cultural Landscape El Escorial University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares

Centre	Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida Archaeological Site of Atapuerca Ávila with its Extra-mural Churches Burgos Cathedral Cáceres Cuenca Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija³ Las Médulas Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin¹ Route of Santiago de Compostela¹ Salamanca Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe Segovia and its Aqueduct Toledo Prehistoric Rock-Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde⁴

East	Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco, Tarragona Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí Ibiza (Biodiversity and Culture) Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona Palmeral of Elche Poblet Monastery Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin¹ Serra de Tramuntana Silk Exchange in Valencia Works of Antoni Gaudí

South	Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada Cathedral, Alcázar and General Archive of the Indies, Seville Historic Centre of Córdoba Doñana Renaissance Monuments of Úbeda and Baeza Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin¹

Canary Islands	Garajonay San Cristóbal de La Laguna Teide National Park

¹ Shared with other region/s ² Shared with France ³ Shared with Slovenia ⁴ Shared with Portugal

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 127628441 GND: 4449773-8 SUDOC: 028182855 BNF: cb12250444j (data)

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