Pirin National Park

Pirin National Park

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Spread over an area of over 27,000 ha, at an altitude between 1008 and 2914 m in the

It was added to the World Heritage List in 1983. The extension now covers an area of around 40,000 ha in the Pirin Mountains, and overlaps with the Pirin National Park, except for two areas developed for tourism (skiing). The dominant part of the extension is high mountain territory over 2000m in altitude, and covered mostly by alpine meadows, rocky screes and summits.

Trivia

  • Pirin Mountains is quite unique compared to the other ranges due to the fact that 45 of its peaks have an altitude of 2600 meters above sea level.
  • More than 70 glacial lakes exist in the park which echo the last ice age.
  • One famous tree here, the Baykuchevata Macedonian pine, is approximately 1,350 years old.

Year of Inscription: 1983

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  • No holidays other then the winters when the sea cannot be traveled
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