Borgio Verezzi Caves
Cave complex
44°9′35.26″N 8°18′19.16″E / 44.1597944°N 8.3053222°E / 44.1597944; 8.3053222The Borgio Verezzi Caves (Italian: Grotte di Borgio Verezzi), also named Valdemino, are a karst cave system located in the municipality of Borgio Verezzi, in the province of Savona, Liguria. They are a show cave.[1]
Overview
Located in the outskirts of Borgio, the main town and seat of the municipality, the cavese were discovered in 1933.[2] The touristic route, opened in 1970,[3] is 800m long and counts some little lakes,[4] due to the presence of a little river named Rio Battorezza.
The Valdemino are touristically defined as "the most colorful show caves of Italy",[4][5] due to the presence of various minerals. Main colors are white, yellow, red and related shades. The cave contains many straws, amongst them the longest known of Italy with 2.5 m length.
Some prehistoric bone remains, dated between 500,000 and 750,000 years ago, have been found in various hollows.[6]
Gallery
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Entrance -
Hall with various speleothems -
Big draperies -
Helictite type of dripstone
See also
- Toirano Caves
- List of caves
- List of caves in Italy
References
- ^ Index of the show caves of Italy (alphabetically ordered)
- ^ (in Italian) History of the caves (official site) Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Italian) Infos about the opening (official site) Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b (in Italian) Some peculiarities of the caves (official site) Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Italian) Short article on Borgio Verezzi municipal website Archived April 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Italian)Prehistorical infos about the caves (official site) Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Borgio Verezzi Caves at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Italian) Grotte di Borgio Verezzi official site
- Borgio Verezzi Caves on showcaves.com
