The rock shelter of the Equi Spa () is located on the northern fringe of the Apuan Alps, not far from the famous Carrara marble quarries in northern Italy. The rock shelter is located by the small hamlet of Equi Terme, which is a currently developing as a tourist attraction with three selling points: an archaeological site (), a natural cave system () and a hiking trail along the northern fringe of the Apuan Alps ().
Archaeology The rock shelter was first excavated in 1909 by the law graduate turned geologist and archaeologist Carlo deStefani, who published the first monograph of the archaeological and palaeozoological remains of the site in 1917. Further excavations were conducted in the 1930s and 1940s, turning the rock shelter into a cave, thanks to the large quantity of soil excavated.
References deStefani C. (1916), "Caverna Preistorica di Equi nelle Alpi Apuane", Mondo Sotterraneo, Rivista dei Speleologia e Idrologia, vol. XII, n. 1–3, pp. 1–13. Bigagli C., Iardella R., Palchetti A., Paribeni E. (2012), "Fivizzano (MS). Equi Terme: Saggio nella Grotta della Tecchia", Notiziario della Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Toscana 8, pp. 187–189.
External links http://www.grottediequi.it/