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A national park is a park in use for conservation purposes. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently, there is a common idea: the conservation of 'wild nature' for posterity and as a symbol of national pride. An international organization, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and its World Commission on Protected Areas, has defined "National Park" as its Category II type of protected areas.
Greece is characterized by an extremely fragmented, rugged landscape hosting a great diversity of ecosystems and an outstanding biodiversity. Almost 5% of its extensive coastline consists of ecologically sensitive wetlands. Two thirds of the total population live no further than 2 km from the coast and most of the important urban centers are coastal, while almost all of the tourist infrastructure is divided among islands and the coastal mainland.
Pindus National Forest, the EU’s protected areas – Natura 2000
Pindus National Forest also known as Valia-Kalda, is a national park in mainland Greece,
A village of Eastern Zagori in the prefecture of Ioannina, Epirus
In the middle of the village, there is a stone bridge that connects the two banks and neighborhoods of the village. It is the only village in Greece that separates it in the middle of a river.