A high place of biodiversity in the Queyras
In the heart of the French-Italian Mont Viso massif (3,841 m.), the nature reserve covers 2,295 hectares, between 1,700 m. and 3,287 m. of altitude, in the commune of Ristolas.
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It is at the heart of a conservation scheme for the natural heritage of the Queyras Regional Natural Park.
Nationally recognized for the integrity of its mountain fauna, its flora is also original with the presence of several species living only in the Queyras such as the Alpine woad or the Arvet Touvet sow-thistle. This phenomenon, called endemism, of very limited presence of a species is also found in insects, snails or amphibians: you can meet the famous Salamander of Lanza only in the...