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Park Campo dei Fiori
ACCOMMODATIONS AT: Brinzio, Castello Cabiaglio, Cocquio Trevisago, Comerio, Orino, Valganna, Varese
The nature, the Sacro Monte, the natural reserves.
Parco Campo dei Fiori of Varese, instituted in 1984, includes two massifs: Campo dei Fiori, for all time the mountain of the people of Varese, and Mount Martica with its highest point formed at Punta Paradiso (Paradise Point).
From this point one can admire an extraordinary panorama over the Western Alps, Monviso, Monte Rosa, Lake Maggiore, prealpine lakes and the entire Lombardy plane.
Surrounding the park`s perimeter are the communities of Luvinate, Barasso, Comerio, Cocquio Trevisago, Orino, Castello Cabiaglio, Bedero Valcuvia, Valganna. Brinzio, is the only community entirely located inside the park.
The name Campo dei Fiori (Flower Field) derives most probably from the imposing flowers (mainly narcissus) that at a time coloured the pastures in Spring. Abandoning the pasture, the vast meadows that covered the massif were substituted by forests.
Nowadays the Parco Campo dei Fiori, is covered in forests of chestnut and beech, water rich, be it a spring or underground, and caves, some still unexplored and of considerable depth.
Inside the Parco di Varese six natural reserves have been established containing the most important and characteristic environments: the Reserve of Lake Ganna, of Lake Brinzio, of the peat bog Pau Majur, of the peat bog del Carecc, of the Monte Campo dei Fiori, of the Martica-Chiusarella.
The eight natural monuments spread of the park`s territory also deserve a visit, small gems of particular naturalistic interest, among them carsiche caves, doline and ploughed fields.
Inside the Natural Park Campo dei Fiori there are also interesting historico-artistic monuments:
- the Birreria Poretti (Poretti Brewery), Liberty style industrial complex;
- the Grand Hotel Campo dei Fiori, example of Liberty style, now fallen into disuse;
- the Torri di Velate (Towers of Velate), ancient defensive construction;
- the Convento of San Francesco, going back to the xiii century;
- the Ganna Abbey, Benedictine Monastery of great religious and social importance;
- the Sacro Monte (Holy Mountain) and the Chapels of the Mysteries of the Rosary, a suggestive rise marked by the Chapels of the Mysteries of the Rosary erected in the xvii century, in the midst of the Counterreformation era.
The park is rich in chestnut forests and beech, ash and mountain maple, but also arid meadows on limestone substratum.
Among the featured animal species are: fox, badger, stone marten, weasel, squirrel, boar, deer. Among the birds: black crow, magpie, blackbird, chaffinch, buzzard and many others.
On the highest peak of the Campo dei Fiori emerges the Cittadella di Scienze della Natura (Natural Sciences Citadel), which includes the Astronomic Observatory G.V. Schiapparelli, the Prealpine Geophysical Centre with its meteorological stations, the Seismological Observatory, the L. e M. Zambeletti Park, and the R. Tomaselli Botanical Garden.
A visit of the Natural Park Campo dei Fiori is made particularly pleasing and interesting thanks to the presence of 16 principal trails that simplify the course and numerous itineraries.
Inside the Campo dei Fiori Park it is possible to practice many kinds of sports such as gliding, golf, riding, rock climbing, cross country skiing, canyoning. These allow to practice physical and sportive activities in contact with nature.
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