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Grotta Gigante (Trieste, Italy)

Description: The world's largest tour cave!

Newest Review: ... from. HISTORY OF THE GROTTA GIGANTE Although it possible some explorers might have found the cave earlier, there isn't much on record prior to 1800 when a whole series of explorations were made. However, it was not until a second, much safer, entrance was discovered in 1908 that tourists could visit. Since then the cave has become one of the most popular attractions in the area but it is ... more

... also a centre for scientific work; two enormous pendula hang in the centre of the cave, there to measure movement of the rocks. VISITING THE GROTTA GIGANTE The cave is open all year round. Between April and September there are tours every hour; at ot...more

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Grotta Gigante (Trieste, Italy): Into the bowels of the earth (1281 words)
by - written on 14/10/08 (Very useful, 253 readings)
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Hey ho, another review - another cave. Recently I reviewed the magnificent karst caves at Postojna in Slovenia; this time it's another karst cave not far away in Italy, just outside the city of Trieste. The Grotta Gigante is billed as the "biggest tourist cave in the world" which, having been to Postojna I have to take issue with. I can only imagine that this must be referring to the central cavern in Trieste because Postojna is a huge complex of caves of which the visitor sees only 5 Kilometres of the twenty-odd that have been explored. The Grotta's vital statistics - 107m high, 65m wide and 260m long. I've dug up some statistics that might enable readers ... Read the complete review