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Spipola Cave

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Spipola Cave

Recommended by 127 hikers out of 132

This Highlight is in a protected area

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Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa

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

    18.1km

    05:25

    560m

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    Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    4.7

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    Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    June 28, 2022

    I was able to visit the cave thanks to the initiative of the Eastern Emilia Parks Authority and the support of the speleological guides of Bologna.

    I found it a very special and interesting experience .. and also fun between crawling in some places and some muddy slides to do downhill and uphill
    I therefore feel I can recommend it to both adults and children, especially them 😊
    The guides were then really good and told the story of the cave and its various evolutions without ever getting bored.

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      November 20, 2021

      The entrance to the Grotta della Spipola, located at an altitude of 135 m on the bottom of the sinkhole of the same name, is largely artificial: it was built by the Bolognese Speleological Group in 1936, during the works carried out to safeguard the cavity from recurrent vandalisms.
      The natural entrance (Bus d'la Speppla or Buco del Calzolaio), through which Luigi Fantini and other speleologists of the GSB, descending two wells, entered the Spipola for the first time, is located a little higher (at an altitude of 165 m).
      This access was blocked as soon as the lower, more comfortable and secure one became available.

      The protection of the cave lasted until 1940.
      Since then, for more than fifty years, the Spipola suffered continuous disfigurements, partly due to its use as a refuge during the last war, but caused above all by occasional visitors.
      The current closure was carried out in 1995 by GSB-USB on behalf of the Park, which took care of the reclamation and some modest adaptation of the entire tourist route according to the indications of the Italian Speleological Society regarding the reduction of the environmental impact.

      (Source: enteparchi.bo.it/escursione-speleologica-nella-grotta-della-spipola/)

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        February 16, 2022

        It is the largest sinkhole of the whole Bolognese gypsum complex (the diameter exceeds 700 m) and includes smaller sinkholes and numerous sinkholes, which lead to as many caves.

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

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          Elevation 190 m

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

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