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Caves and Mines
Category: Caves and Mines, UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE, Europe

The Skocjan Caves - World Heritage - UNESCO

One of the largest known underground canyon in the world, example of natural beauty with great aesthetic value, due to particular microclimatic conditions, a special ecosystem has developed. the area has great cultural and historical significance as it has been inhabited since the prehistoric times, typical example of contact karst

 

The Škocjan Caves were entered on UNESCO's list of natural and cultural world heritage sites in 1986. Together with the underground stream of the Reka River, the Škocjan Caves represent one of the longest karst underground wetlands in Europe.

 



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