This grotto has an entrance at about 600 m.a.s.l. and it dominates the valley of the Esaro river. It is divided into three different places: 1) the pre-cave with its large entrance 2) the “bats room” a big hall in middle position with respect to caves and 3) the terminal cunicles with short and narrow shapes arranged in series.

    The geological origin of this grotto goes back to the Plio-Pleistocene periods (about 3.5 millions of years before present times)

    Since 2000 the Università degli Studi di Bari (University of Studies in Bari) has lead different investigations and archaeological excavations in the cave, which were afforded by the Ministero per I Beni Culturali della Calabria (Ministry of Cultural Property of Calabria). The aim of these investigations is to rebuild the origins and the evolution of history from the VI to the II millenniums BC

    From the preliminary results of the investigations, it is important to point out that the cave was used in those times with two different purposes and also different between themselves. It was used as a hippogryph tomb and at the same time it was also used for the mining activity, mainly in the extraction of steel and copper.

    From the discoveries it can be proved that the place dates from the V and the beginning of the IV millenniums BC.