Romito Cave
The Romito cave is a natural limestone cave in the Lao Valley of Pollino National Park, near the town of Papasidero in Calabria, 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.Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Laino Borgo and Aieta.
Laino Borgo
Village
Photo: Mboesch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laino Borgo is a town and comune of 1,879 inhabitants in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. It is located on the border between two regions, and lies at the entrance to the Pollino National Park, Italy's largest national park and an area of importance for its geology and biodiversity, recognized as a UNESCO Geopark since 2015. Laino Borgo is situated 6 km northeast of Romito Cave.
Aieta
Village
Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aieta is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. The name of the town comes from the Greek term aetòs, αετός, meaning "eagle". Aieta is situated 9 km west of Romito Cave.
Romito Cave
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in the Lao Valley of Pollino National Park, near the town of Papasidero in Calabria, Italy
- Categories: archaeological site, archaeological park, museum, museum of a public entity, and landform
- Location: Papasidero, Province of Cosenza, Calabria, Southern Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
39.91112° or 39° 54′ 40″ northLongitude
15.92865° or 15° 55′ 43″ eastElevation
297 metres (974 feet)Open location code
8FFQWW6H+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 470282968OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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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”
- Italian: “Grotta del Romito”
- Macedonian: “Пештерата Ромито”
- Macedonian: “Ромито”
- Polish: “Romito”
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