3D model from laser scanning data of the first 60 m of Re Tiberio Cave: from the entrance to the “Gothic Hall”, a circular hall with a diameter of about 15 m and an ogive vault.
The Re Tiberio karst system is located in Mount Tondo, in the territory of Riolo Terme, province of Ravenna, Italy. It’s the second longest epigenetic gypsum cave in Italy and among the top five in Europe for development and complexity (more than 6,000 m long with a depth of nearly 200 m).
The cave was actively frequented from the Copper Age (probably as a burial area) until the 15th cent. (possibly as a clandestine mint), the cavity is famous for the archaeological finds, so that it has been the object of scientific excavations since the mid 19th cent.
Today the Re Tiberio karst system is part of the Vena del Gesso Romagnola Regional Park.
Detailed description of the laser scanning work: http://www.virtualgeo.eu/pdf/A11%20Atti_16th%20International%20Congress%20of%20Speleology_Brno_vol.%202.pdf
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