Vilenica Cave

Vilenica
Depiction of Vilenica Cave by the Austrian painter Ferdinand Runk (1810)
Vilenica Cave
Slovenia
Coordinates45°40′28″N 13°54′42″E / 45.67444°N 13.91167°E / 45.67444; 13.91167

Vilenica Cave or Vilenica Cave at Lokev (Slovene: Jama Vilenica pri Lokvi) is the oldest show cave in Europe. The first tourists to the cave were recorded in 1633. It is located next to the village of Lokev in the municipality of Sežana on the Karst Plateau in southwestern Slovenia.

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