Scandola Nature Reserve

Since 1975 Situated on the west coast of Corsica near Porto Peninsula Scandola is provided as a nature reserve under the supervision of the authority of the Parc Naturel Regional de la Corse. Meanwhile, it has been included by UNESCO in the list of World Natural Heritage.

Scandola is the oldest nature reserve in Corsica and France, and its location is unique in the Mediterranean. It can be reached only on foot or in one of the many tour boats that leave from Porto or Calvi.

Geology

From the sea protrude steep, red-colored rocks. In the south, the peninsula is bounded by the Gulf of Porto and the north by the Bay of Galeria. The rocks originated about 250 million years ago.

After the orogeny, the area between Galeria and Monte Cinto sustained as a result of volcanic eruptions, primarily from the rhyolite and ignimbrite ( ignimbrite ) that are up red-black- purple colored from yellow to green.

Hike

The only way to reach the area from the shore, is a 4.5 hour hike that starts at the Col de la Croix on the coastal road between Porto and Calvi. The path leads through the macchiebewachsene coastal scenery and has the goal with the red rocks always in view. The trail ends in the otherwise accessible only by boat place Girolata.

Individual structures: Amiens Cathedral | Cathedral of Bourges | Chartres Cathedral | Pont du Gard | Church of Saint- Savin

Ensembles: Bishop quarter of Albi | Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles | Papal Palace, Cathedral and Bridge of Avignon | Royal Saltworks at Arc -et- Senans | Fontainebleau Castle and its Park | Abbey of Fontenay | Mont Saint -Michel | Places Stanislas de la Carrière, and d' Alliance in Nancy | amphitheater and town foundation arch in Orange | Notre Dame Cathedral, Saint Rémi Basilica, and Palais du Tau, Reims | Versailles palace and its park

Planning: Bordeaux, Port of the Moon | Old Town and city walls of Carcassonne | Le Havre | Old Lyon | Provins | Grande Ile in Strasbourg | Saint -Emilion | Vezelay | Bank of the Seine, Paris

Local Comprehensive: belfries in France ( and Belgium) | Canal du Midi | Fortifications of Vauban | French part of St. James | Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

Cultural landscapes: the Loire Valley | Mont Perdu in the Pyrenees | cave of Lascaux and Cro- Magnon in the Vézère valley ] | Agro Pastoral landscapes of the Causses and Cévennes | mining basin of the Nord-Pas -de- Calais

Heritage: Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Calanche and the Natural Park of Corsica scandola | Lagoons of New Caledonia

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