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Grotta della Cesa Vecchia

Grotta della Cesa Vecchia

A cavity with a funnel-shaped entrance reachable in the bosco, accessed via a fissure pit of about 15 m and characterized by parallel galleries richly decorated with speleothems.

Narni 130m 40m

A cavity with a funnel-shaped entrance reachable in the bosco, accessed via a fissure pit of about 15 m and characterized by parallel galleries richly decorated with speleothems.

Eigenschaften

  • Typ: Höhle
  • Gemeinde: Narni
  • Kataster-Nr.: UM120
  • Länge: 130 Meter
  • Tiefe: 40 Meter
  • Eintrag aktualisiert:

Lage

Route: 700 m, 15 min on foot. On reaching the hamlet of Capitone in the municipality of Narni, proceed through the upper part of the settlement close to the Civil Protection Training Camp, where the vehicle is left. Take the dirt road that climbs the slope alongside a private dwelling; after a few uphill hairpin bends you arrive on level ground near a fenced villa; skirt the hedge following the woodcutters' road that enters the bosco on a slight incline. After about 175 m uphill, turn left into the bosco and after about 60 m in an E direction you find the cave entrance in an evident funnel-shaped opening.

Route information: There is no beaten path, Scrub or undergrowth, Walkable path.

Entrance: Narrow pit entrance wedged among boulders.

Entrance context: Natural, Rural, Slope.

Access: Free access; a wide path through the bosco leads to the entrance located a few metres from the track.

Locality: Podere Casecchia, Capitone.

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  1. Grotta della Cesa Vecchia

    Höhe: 471 m

    42.568340, 12.474314
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Beschreibung

Morphologie

Cavity accessed via a fissure pit of about 15 m that develops following a main joint articulated by the presence of huge floor collapses that create several parallel galleries.

Trend: Horizontal/Vertical.

Geology: MAS Limestone Massiccio - Lower-Upper Jurassic (Sinemurian-Pliensbachian); massive limestones; Massive.

Speläotheme

The cavity is richly decorated with speleothems.

Hydrologie

Hydrology and meteorology: internal temperature 13.9 °C; humidity 99 %; no air flows; measurements on 03/01/2026.

Befahrung

Traversability: Demanding; recommended period All year round.

Rigging: Fixed.

Progression difficulty: Pits, Jumps, Slides, Squeezes, Ascents.

Hazards: Dangerous access, Landslides/collapses, Pits that discharge.

Weitere Einzelheiten

Pollution: Solid waste, Medium intensity.

Geschichte

Notes on the name: It takes its name from the local toponym.

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Quelle: Catasto Cavità Umbria (Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici, FUGS) (catasto.fugs.it), verändert. LicenseRef-FUGS-no-licence-stated Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici (FUGS), Catasto Speleologico dell'Umbria · https://catasto.fugs.it/index.php?mod=caves&op=view&id=120 · Datenstand 2025 · Quelle: Catasto Cavità Umbria (Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici, FUGS) (catasto.fugs.it), verändert. LicenseRef-FUGS-media-per-item Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici (FUGS), Catasto Speleologico dell'Umbria · Datenstand 2025