Spipola Cave

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.

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/)