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2011

From Royal Hunting Reserve to National Park: How the Gran Paradiso Became a Sanctuary for the Ibex

Published
2011-06-24

Abstract

From the nineteenth century onward the Piedmontese royal house contributed to the preservation of the Alpine ibex. As such, the Gran Paradiso, first as a hunting reserve and then as a national park, became the last Alpine refuge for this iconic animal.