Jasovská Cave is located in the Medzev Upland, near the eastern edge of Jasovská Plateu in Slovak Karst, on the western edge of the village Jasov. Visit the underground beauty, the next time you go on vacation.
The lower cave entrance is at an altitude of 257 meters. Jasovská Cave measures 2811 meters and the vertical range is 55 meters. Underground spaces of this cave were formed gradually in stages.
Meandering corridors with high ceiling cover in the upper and middle parts of the cave incurred erosive activities of former submersible water flow Bodva, which flows no more through the underground.
Jasovská cave is richly decorated by sinter formations. Notable are the pagoda-like stalagmites, stalagmites, stone waterfalls, drums, straws and other. The remains of fauna represent skeletons of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) and cave hyena (Crocuta spelaea).
There was mapped up to 19 bat species, having lived in a cave especially in winter. Jasovská Cave was inhabited in the Neolithic (bukovohorska culture), Bronze Age, Hallstatt era and Roman times.
According to history the cave discovered one of the Premonstratensian monks in Jasov. Residents of the village and monastery used the cave as a shelter. In the cave has been preserved variety of inscriptions and drawings. Inscription from 1452 records victory of the forces of Ján Ziskra from Bradýs.
Year 1576 in the Dome of the bats demonstrates that some of the cave parts were already known in the 16th century. In The cave was found a dagger with ornament, which probably dates from the period of Turkish expansion.
The cave has been electrically lighted since 1926. If you decide to spend during the holiday a few moments visiting Jasovská cave, you will enjoy great experience.