Crisana, RomaniaThe cave is located 50 kilometers from Oradea and 100 kilometers from Cluj-Napoca, access can be made either on the asphalted road DJ 764C, or on DN 1 (E60) or on the railway (CFR Șuncuiuș station). The natural entrance to the Cave of the Wind is located about two kilometers south-east of the town of uuncuiuș, in the left slope of the Crișului Repede valley, above the spring of Friana's Glade. Because the access gallery was very narrow and difficult to access, it was blocked and an artificial entrance opened a few tens of meters away.
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Crisana, RomaniaThe cave of the Bears of Chiscau, Bihor county, was accidentally discovered in 1975. Following the local mining operations, the opening to the underground void was realized by dynamiting the entrance. The miner Traian Curta was the first to descend into this cave, through the gallery to the Great Hall of the cave. The Bear Cave was discovered following works executed at a quarry located in the immediate vicinity of Chiscau village in Peietroasa commune, Bihor county in Romania.
The name of Bear Cave comes from the many bear bones found in the cave. Following the researches, it was established that in the Bear Cave lived bears from the cave of the species Ursus spelaeus (cave bear). According to the same research, it was found that the oldest bones are 100,000 years old and the "last tenant" was "only" 17,000 years old.
The cave bears had impressive dimensions compared to the current species of bears in Romania and even in the world. The cave bear was about 4 meters high in 2 paws and an impressive weight of 1000 Kg. At the time of the Bears Cave discovery, there were 5 complete skeletons of the species Ursus Spelaeus and the 6th complete skeleton was discovered in this cave. Unfortunately, the complete skeleton of the cave bear is in an area that is not visited, from the Scientific Reserve.
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Crisana, RomaniaThe cave from Gehetarul from Focul Viu is made up of 2 rooms that contain specific formations for stalagmite and stalactite caves as well as a glacier from which its name comes. The phenomena inside this cave favored the appearance of a glacier 25000 cubic meters. The cave has a natural window through which cold air enters and is maintained for a long time because there is no ventilation.
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