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Cova de Sant Miquel del Fai

Cova de Sant Miquel del Fai

Small show cave at Sant Miquel del Fai, with a single illuminated gallery and a small pool at the end.

Bigues i Riells • Vallès Oriental 60m

Small show cave at Sant Miquel del Fai, with a single illuminated gallery and a small pool at the end.

Caratteristiche

Località

At the start of the tourist route from the Sant Miquel del Fai complex and shortly before reaching the waterfall, there are some stairs that descend to the mouth of the cavity. Fitted out and illuminated for tourist visits. Approximate coordinates.

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  1. Sant Miquel del Fai, Cova de

    Quota: 430 m

    41.715728, 2.189300
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 432561 4618532
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Descrizione

Morfologia

Consisting of a single gallery, artificially illuminated, running NE-SW and parallel to the ravine. Like the other nearby cavities, its origin is due to a rockfall on the cliff wall that was covered by the tufa, giving it its current appearance.

Concrezioni

The lithogenic process is highly developed, especially in the final section.

Idrologia

At its end point there is a small pool produced by seepage.

Storia

All the small caves in the tufa of Sant Miquel del Fai have been known since the mid-19th century and were the subject of writings and poems typical of the period, especially by Víctor Balaguer.

It is cited in all works on Sant Miquel del Fai and in old speleological catalogues. Font i Sagué, in his Catàlech (1897), includes it under the name Coves de la Cascada de Sant Miquel del Fai. Faura i Sans, accompanied by Daví i Piñol, visited it on 5 July 1910 and already made a distinction between these and the gruta de la cascada, which are no more than small hollows among the tufa.

The only survey we know of is the one made by J. Borràs and N. Llossas (GES – CMB) in 1980.

Other cavities cited in the area are: Cova de l'Ermita, Baumes de Sant Miquel del Fai, Cova del Molí, all of very little importance and which for the time being we have decided not to catalogue.

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Bibliografia

  1. Borràs, J.; Miñarro, JM.; Talavera, F. (1980).- Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol. 6): el Baix Empordà, el Gironès, la Selva, l’Osona, el Vallès Oriental i el Maresme: 290 pp. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.
  2. Faura, M. (1911).- “Excursiones espeleológicas realizadas durante el año 1910 en la región catalana” Bol. R.Soc. Española de Hist. Nat. Madrid.

Fonte: Espeleoindex (espeleoindex.com), modificato. CC BY-NC 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/