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  2. Grotta Gigante - Wikipedia

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    Grotta Gigante ("Giant Cave", Slovene: Briška jama or Jama pri Briščikih), also known as Riesengrotte or as Grotta di Brisciachi, is a giant cave on the Italian side of the Trieste Karst (Carso), close to the village of Borgo Grotta Gigante or Briščiki in the municipality of Sgonico.

  3. List of caves in Italy - Wikipedia

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    Main concentration of Italian caves (Italian: grotte, singular: grotta) is close to the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, principally due to karst. [1] The Italian caves attract around 1.5 million tourists every year. [2] The main Italian tourist caves are Castellana Caves and Frasassi Caves.

  4. Grotta Gigante horizontal pendulums - Wikipedia

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    The Grotta Gigante horizontal pendulums are a pair of tiltmeters used for monitoring Earth movements, mounted in the Grotta Gigante in Italy. The horizontal pendulums, installed by the geodesist Antonio Marussi in 1959, are sensitive to deviations of the vertical, to rotations and shearing of the cave.

  5. Category:Caves of Italy - Wikipedia

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  6. Civico Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste - Wikipedia

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    In addition, core sampling from Grotta Pocala (TS) and Borgo Grotta Gigante are part of the collection. [5] The Halls. Wunderkammer

  7. Karst Plateau - Wikipedia

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    The cliffs of Duino and the gulf of Sistiana, Province of Trieste, Italy, seen from the Rilke Trail. The Karst Plateau or the Karst region (Slovene: Kras, Italian: Carso), also locally called Karst, is a karst plateau region extending across the border of southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy.

  8. List of caves - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of caves of the world that have articles or that are properly cited. They are sorted by continent and then country. Caves which are in overseas territories on a different continent than the home country are sorted by the territory's continent and name.

  9. Postojna Cave - Wikipedia

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    Postojna Cave (Slovene: Postojnska jama; German: Adelsberger Grotte; Italian: Grotte di Postumia) is a 24.34 km (15.12 mi) [2] long karst cave system near Postojna, southwestern Slovenia.