Borgio Verezzi Caves

Grotte di Borgio Verezzi (Borgio Verezzi Caves)
Valdemino
Interior view
Location of the caves in Italy
Location	Borgio Verezzi (SV, Liguria, Italy)
Coordinates	44°9′35.26″N8°18′19.16″E / 44.1597944°N 8.3053222°E / 44.1597944; 8.3053222
Elevation	200 m
Discovery	1933
Geology	Karst cave
Entrances	1
Access	Public
Show cave opened	1970
Show cave length	800 m
Website	Official website

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. ^[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
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  Hall with various speleothems
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  Big draperies
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  Helictite type of dripstone

See also

• Toirano Caves
• List of caves
• List of caves in Italy

References

1. Index of the show caves of Italy (alphabetically ordered)
2. (in Italian) History of the caves (official site) Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
3. (in Italian) Infos about the opening (official site) Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
4. (in Italian) Some peculiarities of the caves (official site) Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
5. (in Italian) Short article on Borgio Verezzi municipal website Archived April 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
6. (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