List of national parks of Italy

There are 26 national parks in Italy. National Parks and other protected areas are listed in an document called "Official List of Protected Natural Areas" (EUAP) maintained by the Italian Ministry of the Environment.

The oldest national park is Gran Paradiso National Park, it was established in 1922 to protect the ibex which at that time was almost extint due to hunting. The most recent park is the Matese National Park established in 2025.

Each national park has its own plan (piano del parco) that divides the park's territory into zones with different levels of protection and allows different sorts of human activity. The highest level of protection is the strict nature reserve or wilderness area, in these areas no form of human activity is allowed.

 National parks 

 Name Image Location (Region) Location (Map) Year of establishment Area Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park200px Abruzzo, Lazio, Molise 150px  Alta Murgia National Park200pxApulia 150px  Appennino Lucano - Val d'Agri-Lagonegrese National Park200pxBasilicata150px  Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park  200px Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany 150px    Arcipelago di La Maddalena National Park  200px Sardinia  150px  Land: Water:   Arcipelago Toscano National Park  200px   Tuscany  150px  Land: Water:   Asinara National Park  200px   Sardinia  150px   Aspromonte National Park  200px   Calabria  150px  Cilento, Vallo di Diano e Alburni National Park  200pxCampania150px   Cinque Terre National Park  200pxLiguria150px   Circeo National Park  200pxLazio150px  Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park  200pxVeneto150px Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna National Park  200pxEmilia-Romagna, Tuscany150px Gargano National Park  200pxApulia150px Gran Paradiso National Park  200pxAosta Valley, Piedmont150px Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park  200pxMarche, Abruzzo, Lazio150px Gulf of Orosei and Gennargentu National Park  200pxSardinia150px Maiella National Park  200pxAbruzzo150px Matese National Park  Campania, Molise Monti Sibillini National Park  200pxMarche, Umbria150px Isola di Pantelleria National Park  200pxSicily150px Pollino National Park  200pxBasilicata, Calabria150px Sila National Park  200pxCalabria150px Stelvio National Park  200pxLombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol150px Val Grande National Park  200pxPiedmont150px  Vesuvius National Park  200pxCampania150px 

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