The Collepardo cave is a karst hole, located south
of the Collepardo village (Frosinone province), in the canyon
of the Fiume creek, tributary of the Cosa river. It is caved in
strongly fractured Cretaceous limestone, separated from Jurassic
and Miocene carbonates through tectonic lineaments. The
cave mouth is roughly triangular, with maximum width at the
base about 11 m and maximum height about 7 m; within the
cave different halls are distinguished, separated by concretions
and collapse breccias. One hall is not accessible for the preservation
of a bat colony. The historical importance of the Collepardo
cave is due to the finding of human and mammal bones
and manufacts of the Bronze Age. Moreover, it was a renowned
destination of famous European voyagers in the 18th
and 19th centuries
