Pozzo del Badalocco

A wide chasm about 20 m in diameter, on a wooded slope, with a vertical course and a bottom that in 1966 seemed to continue into a broad gallery with a slight descent.

Orvieto 33m 18m

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Pozzo del Badalocco

A wide chasm about 20 m in diameter, on a wooded slope, with a vertical course and a bottom that in 1966 seemed to continue into a broad gallery with a slight descent.

Orvieto

Length: 33 m · Depth: 18 m

Updated record

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A wide chasm about 20 m in diameter, on a wooded slope, with a vertical course and a bottom that in 1966 seemed to continue into a broad gallery with a slight descent.

Characteristics

Type: Pothole
Municipality: Orvieto
Cadastre no.: UM357
Length: 33 meters
Depth: 18 meters
Record updated: November 12, 2026

Location

The cavity opens on the wooded slope of the Titignano, La Roccaccia locality. The entrance is a natural chasm, surrounded by trees on a slope, visible only when one arrives nearby; there is no fence. There is no beaten path: the route crosses scrub or brush and is passable, but access is dangerous and unrestricted.

Entrances

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Pozzo del Badalocco
Elevation: 301 m
42.741240, 12.299250
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Description

Morphology

The entrance is a wide chasm about 20 m in diameter, opening on the wooded slope. The course of the cavity is vertical. The geology consists of SAA Scaglia Rossa - Upper Cretaceous-Middle Eocene (Turonian-Lutetian), stratified micritic limestones, stratified.

Progression

Passage is for experts only, with a recommended period of all year; the rigging is temporary. The hazards are dangerous access and landslides/collapses. At the bottom of the shaft it seems that in 1966 there was a broad gallery with a slight descent.

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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=357 · 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