The Parangalitsa Reserve
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The Parangalitsa Reserve is one of four nature reserves in Rila National Park. The other three are Skakavitsa, Ibar, and The Central Rila Reserve. All together, they comprise an area of 16,222.1 hectares or 20% of the park’s total territory. The Rila Nature Reserves are included in the United Nations list of national parks and reserves.
Parangalitsa was declared a nature reserve by a Decree № 8517 of the Council of Ministers on December 30, 1933, just one day after Silkovia, Bulgaria’s first nature reserve, was granted that status. The Parangalitsa Reserve, which is located on the southwest slope of the Rila Mountains, covers an area of 1,509 hectares. In March 1977, the reserve was added to the list of biospheres recognized by UNESCO under the auspices of its “People and Biospheres” program.
The name of the reserve comes from the Greek word “parangalos”, which means “forbidden”.
Parangalitsa is home to one of the oldest spruce forests in Europe. The trees there are on average over 200 years old. The forests offer favorable conditions for the growth of more than 290 species of larger flora and a wide range of fauna, many of which are listed in Bulgaria’s Red Book of endangered and protected species.
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The Parangalitsa Reserve is one of four nature reserves in Rila National Park. The other three are Skakavitsa, Ibar, and The Central Rila Reserve. All together, they comprise an area of 16,222.1 hectares or 20% of the park’s total territory. The Rila Nature Reserves are included in the United Nations list of national parks and reserves.
Parangalitsa was declared a nature reserve by a Decree № 8517 of the Council of Ministers on December 30, 1933, just one day after Silkovia, Bulgaria’s first nature reserve, was granted that status. The Parangalitsa Reserve, which is located on the southwest slope of the Rila Mountains, covers an area of 1,509 hectares. In March 1977, the reserve was added to the list of biospheres recognized by UNESCO under the auspices of its “People and Biospheres” program.
The name of the reserve comes from the Greek word “parangalos”, which means “forbidden”.
Parangalitsa is home to one of the oldest spruce forests in Europe. The trees there are on average over 200 years old. The forests offer favorable conditions for the growth of more than 290 species of larger flora and a wide range of fauna, many of which are listed in Bulgaria’s Red Book of endangered and protected species.
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Visits in the reservation are performed only along the determined and marked path for visitors. No diverting of the visitors from the path when passing through it and entering the reservation is allowed, as well as polluting with domestic and other waste, picking, gathering, cutting, uprooting or other harming of plants, catching, killing or disturbing the animals, lighting fire and camping.
Tourist information center
The visitor information center at the Rila National Park – the village of Panichishte
2650 к. the village of Panichishte; common Sapareva Banya
Monday – Friday
09:00 – 17:30
Tel: +359 701 56 757
Contacts
Rila National Park Directorate
Blagoevgrad 2700
Varosha quarter, 12 V Bistritsa str.
Tel: +359 73 880 537
E-mail:
office@rilanationalpark.bg
delovodstvo@rilanationalpark.bg
Website: https://rilanationalpark.bg
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