Romito Cave

The Romito cave is a natural limestone cave in the Lao Valley of , near the town of in , Italy. Stratigraphic record of the first excavation confirmed prolonged paleo-human occupation during the Upper Paleolithic from 17,000 years ago and the Neolithic from 6,400 years ago.
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  • Cave
  • …lies at an elevation of 296 metres (971 feet)
  • Description: cave in the Lao Valley of Pollino National Park, near the town of Papasidero in Calabria, Italy

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laino Borgo and Aieta.
Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town and comune of 1,879 inhabitants… is situated 6 km northeast of Romito Cave.
Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town and comune in the in the region of southern . is situated 9 km west of Romito Cave.

Romito Cave

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Latitude
39.91112° or 39° 54′ 40″ north
Longitude
15.92865° or 15° 55′ 43″ east
Open location code
8FFQWW6H+CF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 470282968
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Geo­Names ID
12036215
Wiki­data ID
Q750837

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Romito Cave” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كهف روميتو”
  • Catalan: “cova Romito”
  • Dutch: “Grotta del Romito”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كهف روميتو”
  • French: “Grotte du Romito”
  • French: “grotte-refuge du Romito”
  • German: “Grotta del Romito”
  • Italian: “Grotta del Romito”
  • Macedonian: “Пештерата Ромито”
  • Macedonian: “Ромито”
  • Polish: “Romito”

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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