. When in 1964 I went down to the Acheronte area for the first time, today a focal point of the 2nd itinerary, I knew that only the speleologists from Bologna had preceded me, they had explored a good part of the cave three years before in 1961. What I found out the following year…
Before the road was built which today arrives at the Grotta del Vento those who wanted to visit it had to come on foot to the village of Fornovolasco, a picturesque little burgh situated in the point where three narrow ravines empty their waters into the only torrent called Turrite. It was not a random…
UN PAESAGGIIO QUASI LUNARE: L’ALTOPIANO DELLA VETRICIA .
A MOONSCAPE-LIKE LANDSCAPE: THE VETRICIA PLATEAU
Many tunnels in the Grotta del Vento have been dug under pressure by water that completely filled them, exerting its erosive action in all directions. In that way circular passages have been formed, elliptical in shape or however round with evident signs left on the walls by the vortexes caused in the flow of water…
Colori vivaci nelle concrezioni della Grotta del Vento.
The bright colours of the formations in the Grotta del Vento.
Normalmente il concetto di “sasso” è legato al suo peso:
“Pesante come un sasso”, “Cadere come un sasso”, “I sassi nell’acqua vanno subito a fondo”….Infatti non accade quasi mai che in natura i sassi possano salire, soprattutto su lunghi tratti aventi forti dislivelli.
Eppure nella Grotta del Vento ciò è accaduto, le prove sono inconfutabili e documentate fotograficamente…
Normally the concept of “stone” is associated with its weight, …“heavy as a rock”, “drop like a stone”, “stones in water go straight to the bottom”…. And in fact it almost never happens in nature that stones can rise up, especially over long tracts with big differences in height.
And yet in the Grotta del Vento it has happened, the proof is undeniable and documented with photographs. #grottadelvento garfagnana #curiosità #funfacts
