{"id":24286,"date":"2023-08-04T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/?p=24286"},"modified":"2023-08-04T10:33:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-04T08:33:27","slug":"kapsia-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromplacetoplace.travel\/greece\/peloponnese\/kapsia-cave\/","title":{"rendered":"Kapsia Cave – the stalactite cave Kapsia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I step up to an inconspicuous steel door in the middle of a mountain wall. The door is opened and now we enter a short brightly lit corridor, which is closed again with a steel door at the end. Only when the entrance door is closed, we are allowed to enter the underground world of Kapsia Cave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
About 15 kilometers from Tripoli and a good 1.5 kilometers from the small village of Kapsia, in the Mantineia Mountains, lies one of the 10 most important caves in Greece. This was documented in 1887 by a French archaeologist when he discovered it during excavations in ancient Mantinia. It did not take long for the first group of scientists to embark on an expedition underground, exploring the passages and existing rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The researchers discovered a complex system in the mountain and published their findings in a journal in 1911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n