Toirano Caves

Grotte di Toirano (Toirano Caves)
Interior view
Location of the caves in Italy
Location	Toirano (SV, Liguria, Italy)
Coordinates	44°8′9.6″N 8°12′3.6″E / 44.136000°N 8.201000°E / 44.136000; 8.201000
Length	2,000 m
Elevation	50 m
Discovery	1950
Geology	Karst cave
Entrances	1
Access	Public
Show cave opened	1953
Show cave length	?
Website	Official website

The Toirano Caves (Italian: Grotte di Toirano) are a karst cave system in the municipality of Toirano, in the province of Savona, Liguria, Italy.

The area is situated close to the town of Toirano and few kilometers to the Ligurian Ponente Riviera. The exit "Borghetto Santo Spirito" of A10 motorway is 5 km far from the caves. One of the most important caves is "Basura", discovered in 1950,^[1] and shelter of the Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus).

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  Entrance
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  Speleothems width widening at certain height
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  Speleothems width widening at certain height
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  Stalactites
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  Stalactites with spikes
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  Wide stalactites
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  Hall

• Borgio Verezzi Caves
• List of caves
• List of caves in Italy

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Toirano Caves.

• (in Italian) Grotte di Toirano official site
• Toirano Caves on showcaves.com