Price: Razhishkata cave is located in the village Lakatnik, Sofia. Its total length is 316 m is located 140 meters above the river Iskar. The majority of stalactite formations therein are not in the circuit , and on the walls . In winter the cave is inhabited by bats and the archeological remains are found to have been inhabited by humans during the Iron Age .
By paleoornitologa Prof. Zlatozar Boev fights bone remains in the cave are over 27 species of birds , one of which dig - prayarebitsata (Perdix paleoperdix) and two - extinct - black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) and outlaw red- billed chough . Other species are grouse , owl , Marsh Sandpiper , big tit , mountain finch , grosbeak , periwinkle and rock sparrow . The disclosed composition of species of birds proves that at that time in the vicinity of the cave there was a forest-steppe landscape, with significant predominance of forest habitats.
Razhishkata cave - often mistakenly called it Above , Dry . The wide porches part is really dry, but on the 24th m to the south cave abruptly turns west and therefore it is completely wet almost all around . The western part is not longer than 30 m , where the first large piles of bodies turning back almost to the north. Now go only older formations and formations along the walls. Although terribly devastated , they are still beautiful, covered with smoke from the torches . The cave is high in this part to 15 meters. More than stalactite formations are the vault and the walls. This is due to the wide cracks. 180 th m cave for the last time turns west and then 5 meters north again . There is even wider and higher, forming a dense cover floor and part walls. At 270 meters the cave is wonderful , but really mangled dendritic buds on the wall , twigs , crystal roses. Spring is here . Opposite huge blocks bottleneck gallery. The impression is that there it ends. But their height of about 20 m along the fallen blocks can lead Attic. Perennial searches for not crowned with success. Here the crossing with transverse fissure cave has experienced a colossal collapse (281 m from the entrance ) .
Razhishkata cave , although most accessible cave around and disfigured , is an interesting subject for all employees, including a zoologist and archaeologist . More than 32 kinds of animals inhabit the cave. In winter, the cave bats inhabit different amounts , sometimes up to 200-300 .
By archaeological findings establish that there once lived people of the Iron Age .
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