Grotta di Ispinigoli

The Grotta di Ispinigoli is now a fossil (dry ) cave on the central east coast of Sardinia.

Description

The cave belongs to the cave complex of S. Giovanni is su should be explored to a length of 15 km. The tourists visit only the first part, a depth of 50 m hall, extends in its center with 38 m height and 2 m diameter of the largest stalactite in Europe or the second largest in the world by floor to ceiling. The column is created, grown together as a stalagmite with stalactites. From her cave has also received its name because Ispinigoli means as much as a thorn in the throat.

The temperature is a constant 17 ° C. In the cave bats and white spiders live.

History

The carbonated by plants become humus rainwater dug through the Supra here in Monte predominant limestone and caused the dissolution of minerals, it created huge underground cave systems that dug deeper and deeper into the mountain.

End of the 19th century saw a shepherd looking for a lost lamb the cave. Only since 1954, she is explored, where in 1956 a researcher plunged more than 40 meters into the Abyss delle Vergini ( Jungfrau abyss ). Since 1974, the cave is open to visitors, it was a staircase with over 280 steps built; Headlights illuminate the cave.

Approach

From the SS 125 branches between Orosei and Dorgali at kilometer 14 of Orosei from a small streets off, leading to the bays of Cala Cala Cortoe and Osalle and around the mountain to Cala Gonone. From him you get on a road to the grotto; below the entrance there is a restaurant. Photography is prohibited inside the cave.