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Buco del Drago

Buco del Drago

Small cavity with a natural-hole entrance, horizontal in trend and an easy route but with narrow passages, which from the initial constriction leads to a small widening beyond which the gallery continues in a straight line.

Orvieto 18m

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Buco del Drago

Small cavity with a natural-hole entrance, horizontal in trend and an easy route but with narrow passages, which from the initial constriction leads to a small widening beyond which the gallery continues in a straight line.

Orvieto

Length: 18 m

Updated record

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Small cavity with a natural-hole entrance, horizontal in trend and an easy route but with narrow passages, which from the initial constriction leads to a small widening beyond which the gallery continues in a straight line.

Characteristics

  • Type: Cave
  • Municipality: Orvieto
  • Cadastre no.: UM1037
  • Length: 18 meters
  • Record updated:

Location

The itinerary is the same as for reaching the Grotta di S. Francesco: after passing the Grotta di Santa Romana (recorded in the cadastre as Grotta dei Porci) and before S. Francesco, a small hole is found open on the wall.

Information on the itinerary: scrub or bush.

Entrance: small entrance hole.

Entrance setting: natural.

Locality: Gole del Forello.

Map

Entrances

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  1. Buco del Drago

    Elevation: 175 m

    42.737601, 12.289701
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Photos

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© Maurizio Todini · LicenseRef-FUGS-media-per-item · Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici (FUGS), Catasto Speleologico dell'Umbria · https://catasto.fugs.it/index.php?mod=caves&op=view&id=1037

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Description

Morphology

From the initial constriction one reaches a small widening from which the gallery continues in a straight line.

Trend: horizontal.

Progression

Traversability: easy; recommended period: all year.

Difficulty of progression: narrow passages.

Other details

Geology: SAA Scaglia Rossa - Upper Cretaceous-Middle Eocene (Turonian-Lutetian); stratified micritic limestones.

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Source: Catasto Cavità Umbria (Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici, FUGS) (catasto.fugs.it), modified. 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=1037 · data as of 2025 · Source: Catasto Cavità Umbria (Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici, FUGS) (catasto.fugs.it), modified. LicenseRef-FUGS-media-per-item Federazione Umbra Gruppi Speleologici (FUGS), Catasto Speleologico dell'Umbria · data as of 2025