Vlichada Diroy...a unique cave!!!

Cave Glyfada (or Vlychada) Diros is one of the most beautiful caves in the world. It is located on the west coast of the Laconian Peninsula, in the Bird of Diros, the Municipality of Itilo.

Its existence has been known to the locals since around 1900. But no one suspected the miracle he hid inside until 1949, when the founders of the Hellenic Speleological Society, John and Anna Petrochello, began to explore it systematically. Until 1960, 1,600 meters were excavated and mapped, and today the well-known length of the cave is over 15 kilometers. The 1970s became the first underwater exploration. At one point in the cave the depth reaches 100 meters.

The cave began to form hundreds of thousands of years ago. The stalactites and stalagmites presently below the water were formed when the surface of the sea was far below its current level. The water inside is brackish and has a high hardness. Its temperature is about 14 C, while the air ranges from 16 to 19 C.

Its natural entrance has a diameter of only half a meter and is very close to the surface of the sea. In earlier times the cave had other entrances that were gradually closed.

Inside the cave are found fossilized bones of panther, hyena, lion, deer, donkey and the largest hippopotamus deposit in Europe. Close to its natural entrance, ceramics have been found indicating the human presence.
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