Circeo National Park

Circeo National Park
Parco Nazionale del Circeo
IUCN category II (national park)
Maquis shrubland with the Mount Circeo promontory in the background.
Parco del Circeo map
Location	Lazio
Nearest city	San Felice Circeo
Coordinates	41°14′6″N 13°3′50.4″E / 41.23500°N 13.064000°E / 41.23500; 13.064000
Area	84.40 km2 (32.59 sq mi)
Established	1934
Governing body	Ministero dell'Ambiente
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Circeo National Park (Italian: Parco Nazionale del Circeo) is an Italian national park founded in 1934. It occupies a strip of coastal land from Anzio to Terracina, including also a sector of forest in the mainland of San Felice Circeo, and the island of Zannone.

The park was established by order of Benito Mussolini, under advice from Senator Raffaele Bastianelli, to preserve the last remains of the Pontine Marshes which were being reclaimed in that period. It is the only national park in Italy to occupy only a plain and coastal area. It reaches from approximately Pontinia in the north to Sabaudia in the south.^[1]