Harmanecká Cave

It is formed from Middle Triassic dark-grey Gutenstein limestone with an estimated age of 220 million years.

While he was doing a detailed survey of the entrance, he found a narrow fissure to the cave itself.

A one cubic millimeter of dripstone decoration in this cave takes approximately 10 to 15 years to grow.

These parts of the cave as far as the end of the White Gothic Dome were discovered by Michal Bacurik.

In the Pease Hall the main feature is a Stone vase, the symbol of the Harmanec cave.

The Riverbed was named after the shape of this passages which are proof of the erosion activities of the underground waters.

On one of the walls big sinter decorations in the shape of draperies and waterwalls were formed.

Rockmilk is a specific cave fill made of crystalline calcite and it contains 40-80 percent water.

Because of the security, stable temperature and optimal humidity, many different animals live in these spaces.

They generally stay in the cave in the winter months and during their hibernation they subsist on the fat stored underneath their skin.