The Dambovicioara Cave is located in the karst area of the Rucar-Bran lane and was formed in the limestone of the Piatra Craiului Massif under the action of the waters of the Dambovicioara plow.
The underground is made up of a fossil gallery, slightly forked, measuring approximately 250 km in length. The path is slightly upward, oriented south-west to north-east.
There is a slight draft going through the cave, the humidity is moderate and the average temperature is between 10 and 12 degrees Celsius.
The cave was first documented historically in 1767, when it was mentioned in J. Fridalsky`s work, ‘Mineralogia Magni Principatus Transilavnie’. It is the first cave in Muntenia and Oltenia to be signaled in a scientific work.
The cave has been constantly visited ever since and now, every corner of the place has a unique, unusual name: the lace room, Chinese writing, the stag, the organ or the bats room just to name a few.
Recent research has brought to light a new gallery, less easily accessible to visitors, but abounding in Ursus Spelaeus fossils. Ursus Spelaeus, or the cave bear, used to roam Europe in the Pleistocen.
Legend has it that Dambovicioara Cave used to be inhabited by a hermit named Pavel, who used to worship at an “altar”, eat at a “table” and sit on a “chair” here. The altar, table and chair have changed their shape throughout time.
Also according to popular belief, the cave used to host two notorious outlaws, Fulga and Budac, during the First World War. They were said to hide in a niche inside the cave and fleeced the rich who came to visit the cave, then giving the bounty to the poor. This is a moralistic tale, though, as it appears that in the end, they were betrayed. Budac got shot and Fulga was sent to jail.
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