Galleries Caves of Nerja



a skeleton found in caves, displayed near entrance.


show gallery

each of galleries has number of halls, areas walls, floors or ceilings close in subdivide main caverns. show gallery accessed 8 m flight of stairs leading entrance hall (sala de vestibulo) archaeological excavations took place , of finds displayed. off 1 side passage leads mine hall (sala de la mina), , hall of sink (sala de la torca) further archaeological excavations take place. area not open public. through entrance hall hall of nativity (sala de belén) filled columns of calcite. skeleton recovered cave on display in glass case in subsection. entrance hall passage called hall of tusk (sala del colmillo) leads down hall of waterfall or ballet (sala de la cascada o del ballet). here concerts , festivals of dance staged , there 100 seats set permanently in cave. large cavern has little separate hall of phantoms (sala de los fantasmas) apart columns. hall of phantoms named after unusual speleothem. @ end of cavern large rockfall separates hall of cataclysm (sala del cataclismo) on 100 m long , dominated huge central column biggest in world, measuring 13 m 7 m @ base , standing 32 m high. further down hall organ corner (rincón del Órgano) fluted columns can struck produce different notes. of columns seem have been intentionally altered produce different notes prehistoric inhabitants of cave. high in far corner of cave opening allows access upper , new galleries.


upper , new galleries

the upper , new galleries each divided 2 halls. in upper hall columns of hercules (columnas de hércules) , hall of immensity (sala de la inmensidad), while in new gallery there hall of lance (sala de la lanza) , hall of mountain (sala de la montaña). these 2 areas contain many of cave paintings, tourist access restricted specialised caving speleothem tourism .







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