Caves

When planting a vineyard in 1930 a portion of the Karst valley caved in, and the present opening of the cave was made. The name Kingdom it became from the first children who played in the cave and saw the many stalagmite and stalactite shapes.

Popular  stone formations are “The magician’s Hat”, The Tower of Babylon”, and the huge “Bat’s Wing”.

The dimensions  of this single hall with an irregular oval shape are: Length 67 meters, 27 meters wide, nine meters deep and six meters high. The average temperature in the cave is 14 degrees Centigrade.

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Name: Cave “Festini Kingdom”

Place: Festina – (Zminj)

The Mramornica Cave has a huge chamber with a length of 93 m, a wide of 51 m and is 5 meter high. The entrance of this chamber is on a depth of 10 meters.

The cave was mentioned the first time in 1770 by Alberto Fortis (Italian, naturalist, monk and travel writer).

This cave has a rich variation of colours, stalagmites and stalactites reaching to a height of 10 meters.

Traces of human live were not found.

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Place: Mramornica – (Brtonigla)