Grotte di Sant Quirze Safaja

Sant Quirze Safaja, a municipality in the Moianès, has 11 inventoried caves, all of them of the Cova type. Together they total 325 m of length and reach a maximum depth of 13 m. The lithologies present are limestone (4), conglomerates (4) and travertines (3).

Among the most notable cavities is the Cau de la Guilla, with 182 m of length, with narrow galleries along N-S and E-W joints, explored on 27 July 1897 by Norbert Font i Sagué, Francesc and Anton Maspons and Pere Pagès. The Balma de Roca Gironella, with 158 m of extent, is a spectacular rock shelter in the Cingles de Bertí, below the Roca Gironella waterfall of the riera del Rossinyol, and is also the deepest, at 13 m. Other cavities are the Balma Inferior de Roca Gironella, the Balma de l'Espluga, the Cova de Vallderrós and the Cova Xaloc.