The Kapsia Cave has been classified by experts as one of the 10 most remarkable caves in Greece, and as one of the most magnificent caves with stalactites and stalagmites in Southern Europe.
The cave is of significant importance for the studies of speleology and geology, but also for historians and archaeologists, as it is famous not only because of its natural beauty but also because of the numerous findings that were discovered inside it.
Located 15 km away from the city of Tripoli and next to the village of Kapsia – after which it is named – the cave has a long history that goes back to the 4th and 5th centuries BC. Human and animal remains, as well as objects created by people in ancient times, have been found inside it, proving that the cave was once inhabited.
The Kapsia Cave is situated in the periphery of the closed geological basin of the Mantinean plateau and it is linked to a complex system of natural sinkholes, that are all connected to a large aquifer network of caves.
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