| Cozia National Park | |
| Alt Name: | Parcul Național Cozia |
| Iucn Category: | II |
| Nearest City: | Băile Olăneşti |
| Map: | Romania |
| Location: | Vâlcea County |
| Coordinates: | 45.367°N 24.265°W |
| Established: | 2000, designation 1966 |
| Area: | 17100ha |
| Website: | www.cozia.ro |
The Cozia National Park (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Parcul Național Cozia) (national park category II IUCN) is located in south-central Romania, in the northeast part of Vâlcea County, in the administrative territory of localities Brezoi, Călimănești, Racoviţa, Perișani, Sălătrucel and Berislăvești.[1]
The National Park is located in the central-southern of the Southern Carpathians, in the south-eastern Lotru Mountains and the east of Căpățânii Mountains on the middle course of Olt River.
Cozia National Park with an area of 171 km2[2] was declared a natural protected area by the Law Number.5 of March 6, 2000 (published in Romanian Official Paper, No.152 on April 12, 2000)[3] and represents a mountainous area with flora and fauna specific to the Southern Carpathians. Besides its peculiar aspect of flora elements, Cozia National Park has a good number of lichen species. Mustafa YAVUZ and Dr. Gülşah ÇOBANOĞLU from Turkey studied Lichen Flora of Cozia National Park in 2007[4] In 2017, two old-growth forests were inscribed in the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe nature site.[5]