Poľana Protected Landscape Area
Poľana Mountains Protected Landscape Area is one of the 14 protected landscape areas in Slovakia. The Landscape Area is situated in the Poľana Mountains, part of the Slovenské stredohorie Mountains, in Central Slovakia. It is situated in the Banská Bystrica, Brezno, Detva, and Zvolen districts.
Poľana was declared a UNESCO biosphere reserve on 27 March 1990.History
The Protected Landscape Area was established on 12 August 1981, and the law was amended on 3 September 2004. Protected areas declared before include the national nature reserves of Badínsky prales Old Growth Forest, Zadná Poľana and Boky,
and the nature monuments of Bátovský balvan Rock and Kalamárka.Geography
The highest mountains are Poľana at and Predná Poľana at.
