Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "La Verna is a show cave in the commune of Sainte-Engrâce in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France. Approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft) of mined tunnel leads into the Salle de la Verna, the largest chamber in a show cave in the world. It has a diameter of 250 metres (820 ft), a height of 194 metres (636 ft), a surface area of 5 hectares (12 acres) and a volume of 3.6 million cubic metres (130,000,000 cu ft). A river cascades into the chamber from half way up the east wall, and sinks into boulders near the base of the chamber.Discovered on the 13 August 1953 by the cavers Théodor, Lépineux, Eppely, Letrône and Ballandreaux, Salle de la Verna is part of the extensive Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin cave system. The exploration of this system continues to this day, with over 48 kilometres (30 mi) of passages mapped. The chamber was named after the Lyon scouts, La Verna Troop, who helped in the attempted rescue of Marcel Loubens who died following a fall during the 1952 explorations.In 2003 a standard 4 person hot-air balloon was flown in Salle de la Verna."@en }
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- La_Verna_cave abstract "La Verna is a show cave in the commune of Sainte-Engrâce in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques in France. Approximately 700 metres (2,300 ft) of mined tunnel leads into the Salle de la Verna, the largest chamber in a show cave in the world. It has a diameter of 250 metres (820 ft), a height of 194 metres (636 ft), a surface area of 5 hectares (12 acres) and a volume of 3.6 million cubic metres (130,000,000 cu ft). A river cascades into the chamber from half way up the east wall, and sinks into boulders near the base of the chamber.Discovered on the 13 August 1953 by the cavers Théodor, Lépineux, Eppely, Letrône and Ballandreaux, Salle de la Verna is part of the extensive Gouffre de la Pierre-Saint-Martin cave system. The exploration of this system continues to this day, with over 48 kilometres (30 mi) of passages mapped. The chamber was named after the Lyon scouts, La Verna Troop, who helped in the attempted rescue of Marcel Loubens who died following a fall during the 1952 explorations.In 2003 a standard 4 person hot-air balloon was flown in Salle de la Verna.".