Romualdo cave
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| Location: | Istria , Croatia | |
| Height : | 97 m. i. J. | |
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45 ° 7 '38.6 " N , 13 ° 44' 14.5" E | |
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| Overall length: | 105 m | |
The Romualdo Cave is located on the Istrian peninsula in Croatia , at the end of the Limski Canal , about ten kilometers east of Vrsar on the Adriatic Sea . It is about 105 meters long, about 97 meters above sea level with halls up to six meters high. It is named after the former Benedictine and later saint Romualdo of Ravenna , who came to the area around the year 1000 and settled in the cave as a hermit for two years in 1002 .
The Romualdo Cave has been scientifically explored since 1978. Bones of more than 40, partly extinct, Ice Age animal species were found. Evidence could be cave bear , cave lion and cave hyena . Today a colony of around 3000 Myotis bats live in the cave. As of July 2015 there are still 200 bats. During the Stone Age , Neanderthals also lived in the cave. Some of the walls inside are painted with pictures .
The cave is currently closed to visitors.
literature
- Peter R. Hofmann: Underground Istria - An excursion guide to the most unusual caves and karst phenomena . Books on Demand, 2014 Norderstedt, ISBN 978-3-7322-9850-1 , pp. 45-50.