Litorale Romano State Nature Reserve

Riserva naturale Litorale Romano
Litorale Romano nature reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Location of the Litorale Romano nature reserve within Lazio.
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LocationMetropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio (Italy)
Area17,243.00 ha (66.5756 sq mi)
DesignationState nature reserve
Created1996
AdministratorMunicipality of Rome, Municipality of Fiumicino
Websitehttps://www.parchilazio.it/litoraleromano

The Litorale Romano state nature reserve is a protected area in Lazio (Italy), established by the Ministry of the Environment with Ministerial Decree of March 29, 1996,[1] which includes a large territory of historical-naturalistic interest within the municipalities of Rome and Fiumicino at Tiber Valley.
With its over 17,000 hectares, discontinuously distributed along the Lazio coast [it] between Palidoro and Capocotta, it is the largest protected area overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Its management is entrusted to the two municipalities in their respective sections of competence.

  1. ^ Also M.D. July 29, 1987, and December 19, 1996.