Cova de l'Aumidiella Gran

Since ancient times a cave of l'Aumidiella was known by the people of Benifallet. Faura, in his Recull (1909) mentions: La Aumediella i Avenc prop de la Aumediella (sic), without providing any further data.

Bayerri (1934) explains how at the end of the 19th century a resident of Benifallet, Juan Vizcarro Salaet, on returning from a visit to the Cova de l'Aumidiella casually found another cave, until then unknown, which surpassed the previous one in beauty. The same Bayerri proposes that the more recently discovered one be named Aumidiella la major and the one known for a very long time become the Aumidiella la menor.

Around 1934 or 1935, N. Llopis Lladó (CMB) visits the caves of les Aumidielles and makes the survey of one which everything suggests is a partial drawing of the Cova de l'Aumidiella Gran, but... he calls it Cova de la Cotxidiella Gran.

We have news that in August 1962 members of the GES – CMB visit the Coves de l'Aumidiella, but no concrete record of the explorations remains.

At Easter 1966, members of the GIE of the Club Excursionista de Gràcia decide to go and investigate what these caves they have heard about are. During those days they visit the one they call Aumidiella gran, Aumidiella petita and Cova del Dos, although they greatly magnify the results and go so far as to say: ... las cuevas del Dos y de la Aumidiella Gran contienen salas de gigantescas dimensiones, alzándose como unas de las cuevas más grandes de Cataluña (sic).

In 1974 members of the SIE-CEA visited the area of les Aumidielles, making the survey of a couple of them. The colleague JM. Victoria was able to recover the original of the Aumidiella Gran (Espeleobloc, 2017) which was never fair-copied. A side gallery is missing.

Years later, in February 1980, members of the Espeleo Club de Gràcia survey the complete cave.