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Encyclopedia > Gran Paradiso National Park

Gran Paradiso National Park is a National Park in north-west Italy. The park was dedicated by Vittorio Emanuele II in 1856. It contains the highest peak in the western (Graian) Alps, the Gran Paradiso. Northolt High School go there every year. Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales A national park is a reserve of land, usually owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... It has been suggested that Extreme points of Italy be merged into this article or section. ... King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820—January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861, and King of Italy from 1861 until his death in 1878. ... The chief peaks of the Graian Alps, from the Mont Cenis to the Little St Bernard Pass, are usually divided into three groups, the Central (the watershed between the two passes named), the Western or French, and the Eastern or Italian; in the following lists the initials C, W, and... The Gran Paradiso (fr : Grand Paradis) is the highest mountain group in the Graian Alps, located in the Valle dAosta region of north-west Italy. ...


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  • Official homepage for the Park


 
 

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