Marble cave
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Marble cave (Serbian: Мермерна пећина) is a cave in Serbia's southern province of Kosovo.
[edit] Location
The Marble Cave is located in the village of Donje Gadimlje, in the vicinity of Priština (20 km). It lies 360 km from Belgrade and 65 km from Skopje.
[edit] The cave
The cave was opened to tourists in 1976. The total length of the cave is 1260 m and the tourist path is 440 m long. The air temperature ranges from 12 C to 15 C, the relative humidity is less than 100% and the air velocity is between 5 and 10 m/s.
The cave is made up of marble cliffs formed by the metamorphosis of limestone, a very rare phenomenon. The following can be differentiated in the cave: the Entrance and Western, Northern and Eastern Galleries. Massive pillars are predominant in the halls while the ceiling is covered with stalactites. Many pillars reach heights of up to 5 meters and they are covered with spikes, which is a special oddity of the cave. Ornaments are in different colours, ranging from aragonite white crystal to red, with all shades in between these two contrasting colours.
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