Alto Appennino Modenese

In the oriental sector the         lago di Pratignano it is a "torbiera", one among the biotopis of great value of the region for rarity and peculiarity. The great wealth of waters creates numerous rii and streams that form beautiful falls. To the oaks and castagneti of the lowest quotas faggete and conifers reforestations are replaced and, even more aloft, the heaths to blueberry said "vaccinieti", and grasslands that arrive until almost

   In the lawns and in the ravines among the rocks rare grassy kinds survive from the fluorescent flowering, what anemones, pulsatille and genziane. On the slopes of the jumped Open Book the redheads flowerings of the rododendro ferrugineo, other alpine kind that has here his/her southern limit of distribution. A rich fauna populates the woods, while toward the ridge, together with the royal eagle and to the wolf, they are frequent small birds peculiar insettivori of the grasslands of altitude, amphibians and small unusual mammals as the arvicola of the snows; very diffused they are also the marmots, of alpine origin, introduced on the Cimone in the last postwar period.

   The park is probably endowed with a strong due cultural identity to the history of the territory, the they Whimper, that godette of particular autonomy in the long period estense. The rich local historical patrimony includes back bridges of donkey, old metati in the castagnetis, newspaper kiosk votive, oratorical, churches and beautiful houses in stone in the suburbs montani. The principal centers have known a notable tourist development together with the notes ski footsteps of Sestola. Very ample it is the net escursionistica and, as it regards the structures of the park, to the center of Pievepelago the centers place side by side him it visits of Two Bridges and Cà  Silvestro.