ICal multiplies my CalDAV account

Hi,
Since the upgrade to Lion I'm facing a weird behavior in iCal. My single CalDAV account is multiplied over and over again. Even if I delete them they show again.
It seems that removing the calendar from my account under System Preferences solves the issue, but obviously this shouldn't be the normal configuration (as far as I can tell).
The calendar is served by a Zimbra installation and I'm also using the Zimbra syncing application that doesn't seem to be part of the issue (I removed it and nothing changed).
Any help is appreciated.

Your calendar can only synchronized though the .Mac Sync framework—or, alternatively, through the use of Sync Together—or, be published through .Mac or a private WebDAV server.
It is not accessible on—or viewable on—your .Mac account itself.
It is, in fact, published for all the world to see (or, at least those who know its URL) and is not password protected but, it is write-protected to everyone, including you. This means that it can only be edited by you on your machine, or using another synchronized machine with which that machine is synchronized through a .Mac account.

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