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Bivacco Bocca del Monte

Cosenza · Italie0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Bivacco Bocca del Monte in Pollino National Park, Basilicata/Calabria sector (Italy), at 1122 m elevation. Continuous Pollino cluster (batches 235+262). Free, unstaffed CAI bivouac, home to relict thousand-year-old Bosnian pines (Pinus heldreichii) (the Patriarca, 1230 years old, the oldest tree in Europe). Beech forest area with limestone karst grasslands.

The setting

Pollino Park Basilicata/Calabria 1122 m, continuous cluster batches 235-262, Bosnian pines Patriarca 1230 years oldest tree in Europe, beech/karst.