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Parque Nacional de Monfragüe

Torrejón el Rubio, Comarca de Monfragüe y su Entorno, Cáceres

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Parque Nacional de Monfragüe

Nature · Torrejón el Rubio, Comarca de Monfragüe y su Entorno, Cáceres

Natural area declared a parque natural (nature park) on April 4, 1979, an SPA (Special Protection Area for Birds) in 1988, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in July 2003, and finally a national park on March 2, 2007. It covers 17,852 hectares spread across several municipalities in the province of Cáceres, crossed by the Tajo and Tiétar rivers, and combines Mediterranean woodland, dehesa and rocky outcrops. It is home to more than 200 vertebrate species, including the largest cinereous vulture colony in Europe (286 pairs), between 500 and 600 pairs of griffon vultures, 12 pairs of Iberian imperial eagles, and 6 pairs of golden eagles. In 2019 it received 457,555 visitors, the eleventh Spanish national park by attendance.

4 de abril de 1979 (parque natural); 2 de marzo de 2007 (parque nacional)

Photo: Beatriz Otero Rivera (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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