The National Park of Majella-Morrone.
Founded, together with the Gran Sasso-Laga in 1993, it extends for 86,000 hectares in the provinces of Pescara, Chieti, and L'Aquila involving 39 communes. The Majella mountain range is clearly connected with the Morrone mountain. The rounded massif of the Majella is very characteristic. Similar to a magnificent, elliptical dome, it dominates the Abruzzo countryside rising up between the sea and the Apennine range.
The western side, being without valleys, is furrowed by wide screes that push as far as the beechwoods that embellish that side, whereas the eastern side is more rounded.
Apart from the principal peak, Monte Amaro (2,795 mts), there are another thirty that go above the 2,000 mts. One of these is Monte Acquaviva (2,737 mts), and then Cima delle Murelle (2,596 mts) and Monte Focalone (2,676 mts) with almost dolomitic faces.
The charm of the Majella is increased by deep valleys, real and true "canyons" and by vast plateaus above 2,000 mts such as Valle di Femmina Morta. Most frequent is the phenomenon of karsification evidenced by the numerous grottoes one of which is Grotta del Cavallone that D'Annunzio chose as the setting for the second act of his Figlia di Iorio (Daughter of Iorio).