Toirano

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Toirano
coat of arms
Toirano (Italy)
Toirano
Country Italy
region Liguria
province Savona  (SV)
Coordinates 44 ° 7 '  N , 8 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 44 ° 7 '0 "  N , 8 ° 13' 0"  E
height 38  m slm
surface 18 km²
Residents 2,695 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 150 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 17055
prefix 0182
ISTAT number 009061
Popular name Toiranesi
Patron saint San Martino (November 11th)
Website Toirano

Toirano is a small Italian municipality with 2695 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) in the province of Savona on the Ligurian coast.

The Toirano Grotto

Bougainvillea colors in the center of Toirano

Toirano is known for the Grotte di Toirano . This cave system is located in a barren region at the end of the Vallone del Vero , about 7 km from the coast. There are around 70 stalactite caves in the massif .

The cave has been explored since 1890, opened as a show cave in 1953, one of the main tourist attractions in the hinterland of the Riviera di Ponente . Well over 100,000 visitors come every year. The connected Grotta della Bàsura and Grotta di San Lucia Inferiore are accessible . Allegedly 12,000 year old traces of "prehistoric men" and cave bears are attractions of the cave in addition to huge stalactites .

Behind the exit there is an old chapel in the rock wall on the way back, called santuario rupestre , which can also be visited. In it there is an access to another cave - the Grotta di San Lucia Superiore . The Grotta del Colombo , in which bone fragments of Homo heidelbergensis were found, is only accessible for scientific purposes. In the village there is the Museum Museo Etnografico della Val Varatella , in which finds from the caves are shown.

Web links

Commons : Toirano  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
  2. ↑ The numbers fluctuate in the literature with estimates of 50 to 150 caverns, caves and cave systems.