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Spipola Cave

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San Lazzaro Di Savena

Spipola Cave

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Spipola Cave

Recommended by 115 hikers out of 120

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Gessi Bolognesi, Calanchi dell'Abbadessa

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

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

18.1km

05:25

560m

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

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2. Candle Pit – Spipola Cave loop from Bologna San Ruffillo

13.2km

03:52

340m

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

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3. Spipola Cave – Candle Pit loop from Trappolone

4.11km

01:13

110m

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

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Lara

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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Davide

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

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

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3. Spipola Cave – Candle Pit loop from Trappolone

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