Location Vâlcea County
Romania Established 2000, designation 1966 Address Romania Phone +40 350 421 822 | Nearest city Băile Olăneşti Website www.cozia.ro Area 17 ha | |
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Similar Cozia Monastery, Căciulata, Manastirea Turnu, Cabana Cozia | ||
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The Cozia National Park (Romanian: Parcul Naţional Cozia) (national park category II IUCN) is situated in Romania, in the north-east part of Vâlcea County, in administrative trerritory of localities Racoviţa, Perișani and Băile Olăneşti.
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Greenthinkers 2012 interviews about the cozia national park
Location
The National Park is located in the central-southern of the Southern Carpathians, in the south-eastern Lotru Mountains and the east of Căpăţânii Mountains on the middle course of Olt River.
Description
Cozia National Park with an area of 17.100 ha was declared natural protected area by the Law Number.5 of March 6, 2000 (published in Romanian Official Paper, No.152 on April 12, 2000) and represents a mountainous area with flora and fauna specific Southern Carpathians. Besides its peculiar aspect of flora elements, Cozia National Park has a good number of lichen species. Mustafa YAVUZ and Dr. Gülşah ÇOBANOĞLU from Turkey studied Lichen Flora of Cozia National Park in 2007