Caves

One of the most popular cave in Mani is the ”Alepotrypa cave” (or Cave of Diros)

  • It is situated in the Mani peninsula, where is mostly made up of Mesozoic carbonate rocks like limestone.
  • We have provided from the stalagmites, information about human activities and climate changes in the past years.
  •  The Alepotrypa cave is also one of the largest Neolithic burial sites in Europe.
  • In that cave some archaeologists have found bones belonging to at least 170 different persons.

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