As it was first protected as early as 1924, when the Alpine Conservation Park was founded in the area of ​​the Triglav Lakes Valley, the Triglav National Park is considered to be one of the oldest parks in Europe .
TNP štejemo med najstarejše parke v Evropi ; prva varovanja segajo namreč že v leto 1924, ko je bil na območju doline Triglavskih jezer ustanovljen Alpski varstveni park.