Grotta Gigante

E641730

Grotta Gigante is a vast show cave in the Karst region of northeastern Italy, renowned for having one of the world’s largest tourist-accessible underground chambers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Grotta Gigante canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf karst cave ⓘ
show cave ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
hasAccessType guided tours ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Grotta di Brisciachi ⓘ
hasAverageHumidity high ⓘ
hasAverageInternalTemperature about 11 °C ⓘ
hasCaveDepth about 100 m below surface ⓘ
hasDiscoveryYear 1840 ⓘ
hasEntranceElevation about 274 m above sea level ⓘ
hasFeature artificial lighting ⓘ
large stalactites ⓘ
large stalagmites ⓘ
massive underground chamber ⓘ
hasFirstExplorationYear 1840 ⓘ
hasFormationProcess karstification ⓘ
hasGeologicalType limestone cave ⓘ
hasLightingInstallationYear 1908 ⓘ
hasMainChamberHeight about 98 m ⓘ
hasMainChamberLength about 167 m ⓘ
hasMainChamberVolume about 365000 m³ ⓘ
hasMainChamberWidth about 76 m ⓘ
hasNameMeaning Giant Cave ⓘ
hasNumberOfSteps over 500 ⓘ
hasOnsiteMuseum true ⓘ
hasPublicOpeningYear 1908 ⓘ
hasScientificInstallation long-period pendulums for crustal movement studies ⓘ
hasTourPathLength about 850 m ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter true ⓘ
hosts geodetic pendulums ⓘ
isAmong largest tourist-accessible underground chambers in the world ⓘ
isOpenToPublic true ⓘ
isPartOf Classical Karst region ⓘ
isShowCaveSince 1908 ⓘ
languageOfName Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Friuli Venezia Giulia ⓘ
Karst Plateau ⓘ
northeastern Italy ⓘ
municipality Sgonico ⓘ
nearestCity Trieste ⓘ
linked to: Trieste, Italy
province Province of Trieste ⓘ
region Friuli Venezia Giulia ⓘ
subjectOf geophysical studies ⓘ
speleological studies ⓘ
tourDuration about 1 hour ⓘ
usedFor geophysical research ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karst Plateau → contains → Grotta Gigante ⓘ
Carso → contains → Grotta Gigante ⓘ
Italian Karst → contains → Grotta Gigante ⓘ