{"id":37771,"date":"2020-08-19T17:31:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?p=37771"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:13:38","slug":"geopark-madonie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/geopark-madonie\/","title":{"rendered":"Madonie Geopark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The search for physical and metaphysical greatness culminates in the dolomitic limestone, in the deep canyons and in the landscape that almost urges you to the ascetic life with the religious buildings located on the summits.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-one small, magnificent municipalities that are full of history are included in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/itinerario\/le-madonie-e-nebrodi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tours<\/a> that will lead you to the discover nature that&#8217;s straight out of a fairly tale!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":40049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1920,1928,1936],"tags":[],"luogo":[2958],"stagione":[1874,1877,1875,1876],"class_list":["post-37771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entroterra-en","category-territorio-en","category-unesco-en","luogo-messina","stagione-autumn","stagione-spring","stagione-summer","stagione-winter"],"acf":{"galleria":false,"paragrafo_1":"<p>Since November 2015, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/madonie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Madonie Geopark<\/a> has been one of the sites included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/brochure\/siti-unesco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNESCO<\/a> global network, a recognition that highlights geological and geomorphological features across a vast area of the Palermo territory, whose history began 220 million years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The mountain range is a natural and scientific legacy and the flora is important to the planet. 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