Foresta Mezzana
Until 1600 the area was owned by the city, then it was alienated to the creditors of the municipality to offset the huge debts accumulated. The sale occurred but the inhabitants did not lose the right of use on water, wood gathering and grazing. . In the 60s and 70s the area has been subject to reclamation with the implantation of tree species, mostly native. Today the forest is characterized by the presence of native hardwoods (turkey oak, maple, ash, rowan) in conversion from natural coppice and high forest of exotic conifers (pine, cypress, eucalyptus) introduced with reforestation. The vegetation - enriched by typical Mediterranean scrub formations dominated by broom – hosts wild boars, badgers, foxes, small carnivores such as weasels and stone martens and specimens of diurnal and nocturnal raptors (black kite, Lanner falcon, buzzard, owl) Noteworthy is the presence of the rare black stork, which in recent years has begun to nest in this area.