Borgio Verezzi Caves
The 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.
Overview
Located in the outskirts of Borgio, the main town and seat of the municipality, the cavese were discovered in 1933. The touristic route, opened in 1970, is 800m long and counts some little lakes, due to the presence of a little river named Rio Battorezza.
The Valdemino are touristically defined as "the most colorful show caves of Italy", 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.
Gallery
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Entrance -
Hall with various speleothems -
Big draperies -
Helictite type of dripstone
See also
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
- ^ (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