Škocjan Caves World Heritage Site

From Culture.si
Revision as of 14:03, 13 July 2013 by Editor (talk | contribs) (upadate - managed by)




Contact

This logo is missing!

If you have it, please email it to us.

Škocjanske jame
Škocjan 2, SI-6215 Divača
Phone386 (0) 5 708 2100
Gordana Beltram, Director









The Škocjan Caves system comprises some six kilometres of galleries more than 200 metres deep, many waterfalls and one of the largest-known underground chambers. The site, located in the Kras (Karst) region in western Slovenia, is one of the most famous in the world for the study of karstic phenomena such as caves, sink holes, natural bridges, gorges, potholes, collapse valleys (doline), abysses, underground canyon, passages covered with flowstone deposits, and underground springs. Evidence exists that the of cave has been inhabited since the Mesolithic era.

UNESCO placed the site on its World Heritage List in 1986.


See also

External links