The Euganean Hills in Veneto on Friday
got UNESCO world heritage status, Veneto Governor Luca Zaia
announced.
The Colli Euganei, as they are known in Italian, stretch for
miles near Padua and inspired English Romantic poet Percy
Shelley to pen one of his most evocative poems, Lines Written
among the Euganean Hills.
"It is a great day for our Euganean Hills: today they have
gained UNESCO recognition," said Zaia, a bigwig in the rightwing
League party.
They have been included in the List of World Biodiversity
Reserves: exemplary places where economic, social and cultural
development is sustainable and benefits from respect for the
ecosystem and biodiversity".
The UNESCO Intergovernmental Council met in Agadir, Morocco, and
decreed that the iconic Veneto site had been inscribed on the
UNESCO Mabdell List.
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