Park 'Oglio Sud "
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Park 'Oglio Sud "in the Italian region Lombardy stretches in the lower plains of the valley of the river Oglio from the border park" Oglio Nord "to its confluence with the river Po. The terrain park has been significantly altered by human activity, and today may seem a bit monotonous - cultivated fields interspersed with small trees, planted along the water channels. The park was created in 1988 and took his guard an area of ​​about 13 thousand hectares, consisting of reserves and Jerry Gavazzi Runate, areas Les Binet, Marquardt, San Alberto, Valli di Bosco Mozio and Foce Olio. In addition, attention should be paid willow grove Channel Bodzhina, Foce Chiese and Kalvatone and peat bogs Belforte. Quite diverse wildlife park - 19 species of mammals, 8 species of reptiles, 7 amphibians and a huge number of species of birds, among which the most common red and white heron, night heron, osprey, bitterns, kingfishers and bee-eaters.

There in the park 'Oglio Sud "and ample evidence of human presence .  To the east of Kalvatone during recent archaeological excavations have found traces of the Roman settlement of the 1st century BC . e .  - 4th century AD . e . Including fragments of a huge villa .  The museums Pijade, Viadana and Azoles kept artifacts of the Bronze Age and Neolithic, including odnobrevennye boat-pies, preserved intact and found near Isola Dovareze .  But, of course, most of the monuments preserved from the times of the existence of the Duchy of Milan - the castle and fortress of Ostia, Canneto and Kazatiko walls Botstsolo, beautiful late-Renaissance Square Isola Dovareze .  A true symbol of the park and the whole area is a pontoon bridge Torre d'Olt .  Also noteworthy small local museums and historical centers of old towns, the visitor center of the reserve "Les Binet," under the protection of WWF, and many rural buildings . 

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