The Grotta del Farneto is one of the most well-known and important prehistoric settlements in the Bolognese area.
It can only be visited with a guided tour ( parks.it/parco.gessi.bolognesi/man.php )

In any case, it is worth a visit (even if it is closed ). The fresh air that comes out of it provides a bit of relief from the summer heat.

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Davide

March 21, 2022

The Farneto area ... is today best known for the cave that bears the same name: it was discovered in 1871 by Francesco Orsoni, who began the first, important archaeological research. In the 1960s Luigi Fantini, in a natural shelter created by a protruding layer, found some burials attributable to the Copper Age (the finds are exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Bologna).
Shaken by quarry work, the entire outcrop and the cave remained inaccessible for years due to a landslide that blocked the entrance, until the implementation of a recovery and safety intervention that finally allowed its redevelopment and reopening to the public in 2008.

(Source: enteparchi.bo.it/parco-dei-gessi-bolognesi-e-calanchi-dellabbadessa/punti-di-interesse/grotta-del-farneto/)

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Elevation 140 m

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Location: San Lazzaro Di Savena, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Grotta del Farneto

1. Parco dei Gessi Bolognesi: among caves and calanchi – ring tour from Rastignano

2. Gessi Bolognesi caves trail (via Route 804)

3. Via del Fantini cultural trail through Bologna's hills

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