List of caves in Italy

View of Castellana Caves

The following article shows a list of caves in Italy.

Overview[edit]

Main concentration of Italian caves (Italian: grotte, singular: grotta) is close to the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, principally due to karst.

The main Italian tourist caves are Castellana and Frasassi. Other notable show caves are Pertosa, the Wind Cave, the Giant Cave, Castelcivita, Villanova, Toirano and Pastena.

Caves[edit]

The caves are listed by alphabetical order and there are shown the main tourist caves and other notable (e.g. archaeological or paleontological) underground voids.

Name	Municipality	Region	Length	Elevation	Coordinates
Addaura	Palermo (PA)	Sicily	?	70 metres (230 ft)	38°11′13″N 13°21′02″E / 38.18694°N 13.35056°E / 38.18694; 13.35056
Arene Candide	Finale Ligure (SV)	Liguria	?	90 amsl	44°9′42.48″N 8°19′35.04″E / 44.1618000°N 8.3264000°E / 44.1618000; 8.3264000
Antro del Corchia	Stazzema (LU)	Tuscany	?	600 amsl	44°00′00″N 10°19′00″E / 44.00000°N 10.31667°E / 44.00000; 10.31667
Blue Grotto	Anacapri (NA)	Campania	?	0 amsl	40°33′38″N 14°12′17″E / 40.56056°N 14.20472°E / 40.56056; 14.20472
Borgio Verezzi	Borgio Verezzi (SV)	Liguria	?	200 amsl	44°9′35.26″N 8°18′19.16″E / 44.1597944°N 8.3053222°E / 44.1597944; 8.3053222
Bue Marino	Dorgali^[1] (NU)	Sardinia	?	0 amsl	40°17′00″N 09°38′00″E / 40.28333°N 9.63333°E / 40.28333; 9.63333
Calgeron	Grigno (TN)	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	?	400 amsl	46°01′00″N 11°38′00″E / 46.01667°N 11.63333°E / 46.01667; 11.63333
Castelcivita	Castelcivita (SA)	Campania	3 km	94 amsl	40°28′00″N 15°13′00″E / 40.46667°N 15.21667°E / 40.46667; 15.21667
Castellana	Castellana Grotte (BA)	Apulia	3 km	290 amsl	40°52′32″N 17°08′59″E / 40.87556°N 17.14972°E / 40.87556; 17.14972
Cavallone	Lama dei Peligni (CH) Taranta Peligna (CH)	Abruzzo	1 km	1,300 amsl	42°01′00″N 14°10′00″E / 42.01667°N 14.16667°E / 42.01667; 14.16667
Ear of Dionysius	Syracuse (SR)	Sicily	0,06 km (65 m)	400 amsl	37°04′00″N 15°16′00″E / 37.06667°N 15.26667°E / 37.06667; 15.26667
Frasassi	Genga (AN)	Marche	5 km	300 amsl	43°25′50″N 12°56′09″E / 43.43056°N 12.93583°E / 43.43056; 12.93583
Fumane Cave	Fumane (Province of Verona)	Veneto
Gelo	Randazzo (CT)	Sicily	?	2,043 amsl	37°48′22″N 14°58′00″E / 37.80611°N 14.96667°E / 37.80611; 14.96667
Giant	Sgonico (TS)	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	0,28 km (280 m)	265 amsl	40°19′12″N 09°36′01″E / 40.32000°N 9.60028°E / 40.32000; 9.60028
Giusti	Monsummano Terme (PT)	Tuscany	0,20 km (200 m)	570 amsl	43°52′00″N 10°49′57″E / 43.86667°N 10.83250°E / 43.86667; 10.83250
Ispinigoli	Dorgali (NU)	Sardinia	?	1,300 amsl	40°18′00″N 09°35′00″E / 40.30000°N 9.58333°E / 40.30000; 9.58333
Is Zuddas	Santadi (CI)	Sardinia	?	0 amsl	39°03′36″N 08°25′49″E / 39.06000°N 8.43028°E / 39.06000; 8.43028
Lauro	Alcara li Fusi (ME)	Sicily	?	1,068 amsl	38°01′00″N 14°42′00″E / 38.01667°N 14.70000°E / 38.01667; 14.70000
Maona	Montecatini Terme (PT)	Tuscany	0,20 km (200 m)	255 amsl	43°54′02″N 10°46′37″E / 43.90056°N 10.77694°E / 43.90056; 10.77694
Neptune	Alghero (SS)	Sardinia	?	5 amsl	40°33′39″N 08°09′50″E / 40.56083°N 8.16389°E / 40.56083; 8.16389
Nereo	Alghero (SS)	Sardinia	?	0 amsl	40°33′39″N 08°09′50″E / 40.56083°N 8.16389°E / 40.56083; 8.16389
Paglicci	Rignano Garganico (FG)	Apulia	?	590 amsl	41°40′00″N 15°34′00″E / 41.66667°N 15.56667°E / 41.66667; 15.56667
Pastena	Pastena (FR)	Lazio	?	310 amsl	41°30′00″N 13°28′00″E / 41.50000°N 13.46667°E / 41.50000; 13.46667
Patone	Arco (TN)	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol	?	300 amsl	45°55′00″N 10°52′00″E / 45.91667°N 10.86667°E / 45.91667; 10.86667
Pertosa	Pertosa (SA)	Campania	3 km	263 amsl	40°33′00″N 15°28′00″E / 40.55000°N 15.46667°E / 40.55000; 15.46667
San Giovanni	Domusnovas (CI)	Sardinia	2 km	150 amsl	39°20′13″N 08°37′40″E / 39.33694°N 8.62778°E / 39.33694; 8.62778
Sant'Angelo	Cassano all'Ionio (CS)	Calabria	2.3 km	260 amsl	39°47′15.76″N 16°18′34.79″E / 39.7877111°N 16.3096639°E / 39.7877111; 16.3096639
Smeraldo	Conca dei Marini (SA)	Campania	?	0 amsl	40°36′54″N 14°34′01″E / 40.6150°N 14.5670°E / 40.6150; 14.5670 (Grotta dello Smeraldo)
Su Mannau	Fluminimaggiore (CI)	Sardinia	?	256 amsl	39°26′00″N 08°30′00″E / 39.43333°N 8.50000°E / 39.43333; 8.50000
Su Marmuri	Ulassai (OG)	Sardinia	?	775 amsl	39°49′36″N 09°30′00″E / 39.82667°N 9.50000°E / 39.82667; 9.50000
Tiscali	Oliena (NU) Dorgali (NU)	Sardinia	?	500 amsl	40°14′30″N 09°29′30″E / 40.24167°N 9.49167°E / 40.24167; 9.49167
Toirano	Toirano (SV)	Liguria	2 km	50 amsl	44°07′00″N 08°13′00″E / 44.11667°N 8.21667°E / 44.11667; 8.21667
Trullo	Putignano (BA)	Apulia	?	375 amsl	40°51′25″N 17°06′36″E / 40.85694°N 17.11000°E / 40.85694; 17.11000
Villanova	Lusevera^[2] (UD) Nimis (UD)	Friuli-V.G.	4 km	500 amsl	46°16′00″N 06°16′00″E / 46.26667°N 6.26667°E / 46.26667; 6.26667
Wind	Vergemoli (LU)	Tuscany	4,5 km	650 amsl	44°03′00″N 10°22′00″E / 44.05000°N 10.36667°E / 44.05000; 10.36667
Zelbio	Zelbio (CO)	Lombardy	?	900 amsl	45°54′00″N 09°11′00″E / 45.90000°N 9.18333°E / 45.90000; 9.18333