Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

The national park Ordesa y Monte Perdido, also briefly Ordesa National Park is a national park in the Spanish Pyrenees in the province of Huesca.

He was declared on August 16, 1918 National Park and is the oldest in the Pyrenees. Part of the national park is the 3,355 m high Monte Perdido, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. The national park in its current size is an extension since 13 July 1982 and extends over an area of ​​15,608 hectares and is divided between the municipalities Torla ( 2,315 ha), Estaube ( 8,265 ha), Tella -Sin ( 731 ha), Puértolas ( 2,473 ha) and Bielsa ( 1,824 ha). On the northern border of the national park lies the more expansive French Pyrenees National Park. Around 600,000 people visit the national park Ordesa y Monte Perdido per year.

The National Park has a unique flora and fauna, so you can find the deepest gorges of the continent, with bizarre rock formations, reminiscent of the Grand Canyon, but with plenty of vegetation. There are many plant and animal species that are already extinct in many parts of Europe, such as the brown bear, or vulture.