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Cova Nº2 de l'Ermita

Small cave with a 34 m passage in Horta de Sant Joan (Terra Alta), with a semi-open gallery and an upper rock shelter.

Horta de Sant Joan • Terra Alta 34m 15m

Small cave with a 34 m passage in Horta de Sant Joan (Terra Alta), with a semi-open gallery and an upper rock shelter.

Caratteristiche

Località

The cave is located in Horta de Sant Joan, in the Terra Alta. From the convent of Sant Salvador d'Horta, take the path that follows the circumvallation route of the mountain of Santa Bàrbara along the S face. Shortly after its start there is a turn-off leading to the hermitage of Sant Onofre and a little further on to the ruined chapel of Sant Pau. It is located above cave no. 1 and within the gully that originates there. Approximate coordinates.

The mountain of Santa Bàrbara forms part of a series of Oligocene conglomerate reliefs that act as a divide between the massif of the Port and the Ebro Depression.

Mappa

Ingressi

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  1. Cova Nº2 de l' Ermita

    Quota: 545 m

    40.956833, 0.333973
    UTM 31T (ED 50) 275720 4537591
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Descrizione

Morfologia

It is a gallery about 34 metres long, semi-open. Still above it there is a rock shelter about 3 metres high by about 5 metres long.

Progressione

The gallery, with an ascending ramp, reaches the end point where an ancient collapse can be seen that prevents passage.

Storia

Given its location, it seems obvious that it has been known since time immemorial. Legend says that the chapel of Sant Pau was the place of retreat of Sant Salvador and where the Virgin Mary appeared to him accompanied by Sant Pau.

The only purely speleological reference we know of is the one recorded by members of the SIRE – UEC Sants who visited and surveyed it in March 1981.

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Bibliografia

  1. Estruel, Miquel (1990).- Ruta per conèixer la Terra Alta (Excursions – Escalada – Espeleologia). Vol. II: 119 pp. Centre Excursionista de Gandesa.
  1. SIRE-UEC Sants (1981).- “Contribución al catálogo espeleológico de Tarragona – Horta de Sant Joan, Terra Alta” Boletín de Informacion SIRE (6): 62-79 (3ª época). SIRE – Unió Excursionista de Catalunya – Sants. Barcelona.

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