In Coliboaia cave are the oldest paintings in Europe - interesting caves in Romania

In Coliboaia cave are the oldest paintings in Europe - interesting caves in Romania

Situated on Sighistelului Valley, at 5 km upstream from the village with the same name, in the Apuseni Natural Park in Bihor county at 560 m elevation and 120 m upstream Over Magura cave, Coliboaia cave is one of the most interesting caves in Romania. After analysis, experts have said that the cave paintings more than 35,000 years and were made around the same time as other graphical representations of caves in France and Spain. In it were found traces of prehistoric man and his paintings dating from Gravettian or the Aurignacian.

In early 2010, a team of speleologists discovered this cave paintings are the oldest paintings which of its kind in Central Europe, says Romanian Speleological Federation (FRS) to form. The drawings are wonderful for their form and for their age. These drawings of Coliboaia were discovered in an area inaccessible from Apuseni National Park Mountains. The discovery of 14 paintings was made accidentally by Romanian cavers.
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