Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park is an IUCN Category II National Park situated in the Pyrenees of Huesca province, Aragon, Spain. There has been a National Park in the Ordesa Valley since 1918. Its protected area was enlarged in 1982 to cover the whole region amounting to 156.08 km².It has been included since 1997 by UNESCO in the Biosphere Reserve of Ordesa-Viñamala. In the same year it was included in the cross-border Pyrénées - Mont Perdu World Heritage Site.The park's territory includes the municipalities of Torla, Broto, Fanlo, Tella-Sin, Puértolas, and BielsaFloraAt elevations up to 1,500-1,700 meters, there are extensive forests of beeches, Abies alba, pines, oaks, and a lesser extent of birches, ashes, willows . At higher elevations up to 2,000 m, the mountain pine dominates. Up to 1,800 m, bushes of boxwood are found. In the high meadows from 1,700 to 3,000 meters, there are numerous endemisms including Borderea pyrenaica, Campanula cochleariifolia, Ramonda myconi, Silene borderei, Androsace cylindrica, Pinguicula longifolia, Petrocoptis crassifolia, etc. The Edelweiss, is one of the symbols of the National Park.