National Park "Tuscan-Emilian Apennines", founded in 2001, is spread in the heart of a region known for its natural beauty, here produced products and hand-made souvenirs. It includes the provinces of Massa, Lucca, Parma and Reggio Emilia.

The park is situated on a mountain ridge that separates the Italian regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. Close to the National Park "Cinque Terre" and "Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campina."

Most of the park is occupied by alpine meadows with amazing beauty of lakes, dominated by the peaks of the Alps Suchchizo di Monte Prado and Monte Kusna. From the Reggio Emilia seen an interesting geological formation - Pietra di Bismantova, who in his "Divine Comedy" by Dante mentioned. This narrow, semicylindrical plateau with steep vertical walls up to 300 meters. Tuscan-Emilian Apennines can boast an incredible diversity of landscapes - from alpine meadows and moors to lakes, waterfalls and rapid streams, making their way among the rocks. Here, in an area of ​​23 thousand hectares is home to wolves, wild sheep, deer, golden eagles, and grow many rare species of plants.

One of the highest peaks of the park - Monte Kusna (2121 meters) - also known by other names: "Dead Man", "A man who sleeps", "or simply" Giant "for the similarity of shape with lying man. Monte Prado (or Prato), located on the border provinces of Reggio Emilia and Lucca, reaches a height of 2054 meters. A mountain of Alpe di Suchchizo height of 2017 meters has a pyramidal shape and cut by several gorges. Here is the source of the rivers Enza and Secchi - right tributary of the river Po, which is the longest in Italy.