Toirano
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Country | Italy | |
region | Liguria | |
province | Savona (SV) | |
Coordinates | 44 ° 7 ' N , 8 ° 13' 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
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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
- Ticinoin photo: Toirano on www.flickr.com
- Ticinoin photo: Varatella valley on www.flickr.com
- Ticinoin photo: Grotte di Toirano and Sanctuary of Santa Lucia on www.flickr.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.
- ↑ The numbers fluctuate in the literature with estimates of 50 to 150 caverns, caves and cave systems.