Grotta Regina del Carso

Grotta Regina del Carso is a Karst cave in the village of San Michele del Carso in the municipality of Savogna d'Isonzo . The cave is not open to public, and the access is managed by Talpe del Carso/Kraški Krti speleological group, headquartered in the vicinity of the entrance.

Grotta Regina opens 194 m above sea level. Overall, it is 320 m long and 57.4 m deep. The cave contains two main rooms, called respectively the Hall of the Council , due to the presence of a number of stalagmites that seem to be the members of a municipality council, and the Hall of San Michele , named after the main upland in the area. Two galleries connect the entrance with the Hall of the Council and this room with the Hall of San Michele. Rooms and galleries are full of cave formations , including a 3 m high stalactite in the Hall of San Michele. Next to the second room, a 30 m deep pit leads to a small lake in its bottom part. There are other small lakes, dropping bowls and gours into the cave. The innermost part of Grotta Regina consists of a meandering and muddy gallery, ending with a 5 m deep pit, after that the farthest point from the entrance is reached. A secondary branch leads to the Queen's Idol , a 2 m high stalagmite that's the most important limestone formation and the symbol of the cavity.

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