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The Etna park
Mount Etna does not represent a great attraction exclusively for the presence of its eruptions. It's also an wonderful natural park  with evocative landscapes. The are forests, green of the vineyards, and beautiful walking paths for excursions on Etna.
It's easy to walk in the park and fell the nature rinasance into the destructive scenery of the past eruptions, hear voices of animals and enjoy the peace.
 
The Etna park is located between these following commons: Adrano, Belpasso, Biancavilla, Bronte, Castiglione of Sicily, Giarre, Linguaglossa, Maletto, Mascali, Milo, Nicolosi, Pedara, Piedimonte Etneo, Ragalna, Randazzo, Sant' Alfio, Saint Maria di Licodia, Trecastagni, Viagrande, Zafferana Etnea.
 
Fauna on the Etna: Until a century, the Etna was populed by animals like wolfs, wild boars, red deer,caprioli, daini. Today we can still find the donnola, the ghiro, the curl, the bats, and larger animals like the istrice, the vixen, the wild cat, the rabbit and the lepre. Between the birds we can observe the sparviero, the gheppio, the hawk, the real Aquila, the owl and many others.
 

Vegetation on the Etna: The vegetation of the Etna, is subject to continuous changes due to the several eruptions that have changed its landscapes. At lower altitudes, there nut forests, apple forests and chestnut trees; At 2000 meters there are the faggio and the birch; between the 2500 meters and the 3000 meters there is the volcanic desert.

 


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