Mladeč caves
| Mladečské jeskyně | |
Inside the cave
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 Location in the Czech Republic
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| Alternate name |
German: Fürst Johann’s Höhle,Czech: Bočkova díra |
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| Coordinates | 49°42′23″N 17°1′0″E / 49.70639°N 17.01667°ECoordinates: 49°42′23″N 17°1′0″E / 49.70639°N 17.01667°E |
| Altitude | 343 m (1,125 ft) |
| Type | multi-floor karstic cave system |
| History | |
| Periods | Upper Paleolithic |
| Cultures | Aurignacian |
| Associated with | Cro-Magnon |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1881-1882, 1903-1922 |
| Archaeologists | Josef Szombathy |
| Management | Cave Administration of the Czech Republic |
German: Fürst Johann’s
The Mladeč caves (Czech: Mladečské jeskyně) are a cave complex in the Czech Republic situated to the west of the village of Mladeč in the Litovelské Pomoraví Protected Landscape Area.
The complex labyrinth of fissure corridors and caves can be found inside the calcite hill of Třesín. The underground spaces are decorated with stalactites, stalagmites and sinters. Its highlights include "Nature’s Temple" and the "Virgin Cave".
The islets of limestones in Mladeč Karst belong geologically to one of the belts of the Devonian rocks in the Central Moravian part of the Bohemian Massif (the Konice-Mladeč Devonian). These caves represent a predominantly horizontal and very broken labyrinth of corridors, domes and high chimneys with remarkable modelling of walls and ceilings, with stalactite and stalagmite decoration and with numerous block cave-ins, with some steep corridors which extend even below the level of the underground water. They are also famous for archaeological findings. The archaeologists claim that these caves have world meaning.
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