Parco Spina Verde di Como

The Parco Regionale Spina Verde (en: “Green Spine Park”) is a regional natural park in Lombardy, northern Italy. It covers a hill ridge overlooking the town of Como, and borders on its northern side with Switzerland. It finds itself in the town territory of Como (east) and the nearby municipalities of Colverde (west) and San Fermo della Battaglia (south). It was established in 1993 by a Regional Act (L. R. n. 10/1993) and is administered by the Region of Lombardy. It takes its name from the elevated ridge upon which it stretches, called “Spina Verde” (“green thorn”). The Park Administration is in Villa Imbonati, in San Fermo della Battaglia, co. Como.

The park is the most important protected natural site in county Como and one of the most popular with visitors in every season

view of Como looking south-west. The hill ridge in the background is the main body of the Parco Spina Verde.

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