Bordano, the butterflies' county in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Località:
BordanoRegione: Friuli Venezia Giulia
Stato: ITALY (IT)
Bordano (Bordon in Friulian) is a town of 786 inhabitants of the province of Udine. It is known as the land of butterflies as a notable presence in the late spring of different species of this insect and murals ricoprone houses.
To visit is the "House of Butterflies" where you can enjoy various tropical ecosystems and their components. The route passes through the African rain forest, the Asian and finally the Amazon, where you can admire and learn the stories of many special guests, and rare as the giant rhinoceros iguana, flying foxes (large fruit bats that look like dogs), the politteri (primitive fish that breathe with lungs) and hermit crabs of the forest (land crabs that live inside a shell). Of course all plants and animals live in their natural habitat, like hundreds of butterflies flying free in the greenhouses and many other insects.