Public Institution Nature Park "Biokovo"

Public Institution Nature Park "Biokovo" is rated 3 out of 5 in the category environmental services. Read and write reviews about Public Institution Nature Park "Biokovo". According to the Nature Protection Law (Official Gazette 162/03), a nature park is an area of land or sea, naturally or partially cultivated, with features of international or national importance, with very particular landscape, educational, cultural history and tourist and recreational values. Year of the park’s foundation: 1981 (Law concerning the Proclamation of Biokovo Nature Park, Official Gazette no. 24, June 16, 1981) Area: 1996 km2 or 19,550 ha Height above mean sea level: 200 – 1762 m County: Splitsko-dalmatinska Cities: Makarska, Vrgorac Municipalities: Brela, Baška Voda, Tučepi, Podgora, Zagvozd, Zadvarje, Šestanovac Chief features: geomorphological phenomena such as sinkholes, karren, solution pans, pits – the deepest pit discovered to date, which is Amfora, -788 m, ice caves, caverns, karstic springs; more than 40 endemic plant species, such as the Biokovo bell (Edraianthus pumilio); important palaeontological finds; wonderful landscapes and views. Especial conservation areas: special geomorphological reserves: Nevistina stina, Ovčje polje, Kuranik-Šibenik-Štropac-Vošac; special forest vegetation reserves: reserves of beech and fir forests: Kaoci, Kimet-Sutvid; reserves of indigenous forests of black Dalmatian pine; Bukovac, Borovik, Šibenik-Borovac, reserve of maritime beech forest: Vošac; botanical reserve: Sv. Ilija-Šibenik-Štropac, Veliki Troglav, which encompasses the highest peak, Sv. Jure, and constitutes a whole with Sv. Jure. Also a part of the park is the Kotišina Biokovo Botanical Garden, covering an area of 16.5 ha over the village of Kotišina. According to the intentions of its founder, Fra Jure Radić, the Biokovo vegetation, preserved in its original state, enables visitors to get to know the unique wild plant life of the area.