Vorontsovskaya Cave, Russia
From series “Famous Stables of Ancient People”Lenght: 11,5 km.
Vorontsovskaya Cave has also placed in Sochi, Russia. It is not just a cave – it is a huge complex of caves which is in the top 10 huge cave complexes of the world. Its length is about 11,5 km and it has 14 entrances. For a long time, there had lived the ancient tribes, their traces were found during one of the cave’s researchers. Among the hundreds of artefacts, there were found boars’ bones, sabre-toothed tigers’ bones and bones of other animals. More than that, there were found places of fire.
The cave complex is very big, that’s why we can suppose that some small caves were used for cultic ceremonies. Ancient altars and fragments of the old tools, cultic things and other items were found there by the researchers. Recently Vorontsovskaya Cave has become a quite popular place among tourists and according to this, it is well-equipped.
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Supermarket: 'Produktovyy Magazin' in 6.77 km
Parking: 'Garazhi' in 12 km
Apotheek: 'Khosta' in 12 km
Police station: 'The district police station №7' in 12 km
Cafe/restaurant: 'Khosta Chay' in 4.14 km
Railway station: 'Khosta railway station' in 12 km
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