The Isonzo river evokes memories of the great war, also because it is immortalized by the Italian poet, Giuseppe Ungaretti, who in his lyric “I Fiumi” (“The Rivers”) writes about the Isonzo waters, where tired and stranded by war, he tries to find his forgotten past. This beautiful river is born in Slovenia, and after 140 km, comes out into the Adriatic Sea. This reserve protects the area around the mouth of the Isonzo river, for a total area of 2,300 hectares. There are many animal and plant species in this park; it is the kingdom of water animals, including species like the glossy ibis, red heron, Italian knight, ashen crain and the swamp hawk.