Lands of Sila
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La Sila, also spelled Sila, is the name of the mountainous plateau and historic region located inCalabria, southern Italy. The highest peaks are the Botte Donato (1,928 m), in the Sila Grande, and Monte Gariglione (1,764 m) in the Sila Piccola. The Sila houses the eponymous national park, the Parco Nazionale della Sila, formerly called National Park of Calabria.
Silan landscape is the result of the peculiar physical environment, varied and not so uneven, on which interacting systems such as a rich fauna, a complex vegetation and a limited human presence are settled. There is a variety of landscapes, from mountains to hills and planes, this last divided in alluvial, valleys and terraces.
