''Piemonte Parchi'' ('Piedmont Parks') is an Italian magazine devoted to

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s and

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. It is published since 1983 in

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

(Italy) by the

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

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History and profile

''Piemonte Parchi'' was the first magazine published by an Italian

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devoted to nature conservation. Its first issue was published in November 1983 and soon the journal won a ''widespread praise''. The magazine consisted in a

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supplement of ''Notizie'', the official newspaper of the Regione Piemonte; in 1985 the magazine redoubled its pages (which from that year on were all printed in colours) and became

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