An analysis of the recent history of the Santa Maria project area shows that it was surrounded by a meander of the Ticino River...

The area is situated in a valuable natural setting with the recently restored Torricelli pond to the north and the Cugnoli Curti biotope to the south....

The Progero Pond is located within a vast deposition zone of the Progero Valley stream...

The Vigna Lunga-Trebbione nature reserve represents what remains of an old oxbow lake of the Ticino River...

The project area is located within the Park, in the Monda locality, in the territory of the municipalities of Locarno and Cadenazzo...

The implemented interventions are located in the municipality of Locarno, in the area known as "Gerre di Sotto"...