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Cova dels Casaments

Cova dels Casaments

An 8-metre-deep rock shelter in Cabacés (Montsant), known since time immemorial and linked to marriages between couples from Cabacés and Margalef.

Cabacés • Priorat 8m

An 8-metre-deep rock shelter in Cabacés (Montsant), known since time immemorial and linked to marriages between couples from Cabacés and Margalef.

Caratteristiche

Località

Located in Cabacés, in the N part of the village we find the chapel of Sant Joan, from here a track leads towards the chapel of la Foia; following it for 1,600 metres we pass in front of la Covassa, 200 metres further on the track makes a 180º turn to the right, while to the left a track branches off where after a few metres there is a barrier prohibiting passage; this track must be followed for 1,100 metres until crossing the barranc Tancat, at this point we will find a signpost, we must continue straight ahead along the track for 90 metres, where we will turn right onto a path that climbs the barranc Tancat along its hydrographic right bank, and which in 275 metres will take us to the cova dels Casaments.

Mappa

Ingressi

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  1. Cova dels Casaments

    Quota: 538 m

    41.264432, 0.747253
    UTM 31T (ETRS89) 311293 4570559
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Descrizione

Morfologia

Rock shelter about 30 metres wide and 7.71 metres deep, by 4.20 metres high which in the E part of the shelter reaches 11.35 metres.

Idrologia

At the foot of the rock shelter a fairly large pool has been built, in order to collect the rainwater that falls from the upper part of the shelter.

Altri dettagli

It is partially walled, and there is also an enclosure in the form of a dwelling that is currently used as a storeroom.

Storia

Known since time immemorial. It is said that in the past marriages between couples from the villages of Cabacés and Margalef were agreed in this cave.

Often some hikers, due to the proximity between the two, confuse this cave with the cova de la Palla.

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Bibliografia

  1. Borrás, J.; Miñarro, J.M.; Talavera, F.(1984).-”el baix camp, el priorat i la ribera d'ebre”. Catàleg Espeleològic de Catalunya (vol.7): 176. Ed. Políglota. Barcelona.

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