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Jama Baredine

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A great part of the Istrian peninsula contains carbonated rocks from which many caves were made. In the western part of Istria the carboated rock have mainly been flated out and covered with red earth - "tera rossa". It was right here at this exact place near Porec, near Nova Vas that Jama Baredine was made, one of the most attractive caves from istria.

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Some of the discoveries found in the caves show us that people from very early times, have been entering the caves. From 1973, the caves have been explored by the spelelogy group "Proteus" and they have been exploring the undergroud lake. Because of their move, the Baredine caves have been - because of their unique and rich beauty - announced a national park in 1986. During the 1990's, the real work with the cave began, and it was open for visits from May 1995. Meet the mystical wonder nature has created using thousands of years, far away from day light and the human eye... Meet the underground world of JAMA BAREDINE. This cave is covered with stalagmites and stalactites, undreground miracles created by water. They form up to 10 meters long "curtains", a very realistic sculpture of Our Lady, the body of a milkmaid called Milka, the leaning tower of Pizza and snowman the torchbearer - who has become the trade mark of our cave. In one of the so-called halls, you will pass through a gigatic hole, 4 metres wide and 66 metres deep, which leads you to the underground lake. Through these five so-called halls, these five galleries filled with abstract and realistic sculptures, in a 40-minute long trip accompained with a guide, you will meet the underground animal life: you will see the human fish, that only lives under these spesific sircumstances, along with tiny shrimps and insects. At the main entrance, shelves belonging to a museum have been placed, showing the tourists prehistorical rests of jars. It is said that these jars were left here by our ancesters so they could, drop by drop, be filled with precious water. A love story is connected to the Jama Baredine. This love story took place during the 13th century, when the noble Gabriel fell in love with the beautiful shepherdess Milka from Nova Vas.

Gabriel's evil mother tried and tried, to put out this fire of love between Gabriel and Milka. Once she payed a few criminals three golden coins to kill the beautiful Milka. The criminals did not kill the poor shepherdess, but tossed her into the caves. When Gabriel found out what had happened, he took his horse, rode off and disappeared. Only the horse was found a while later near a cave. The legend says that the body of the poor shepherdess, slowly glides, decade after decade, down the cave in search of her love, where we can still see her. The spelogists claim that the cave where Gabirel's horse was found is contected to the cave where Milka is. This may confirm that the bodies of our Romeo and Juliet one day will find each other and forever be together.

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Last Updated ( Monday, 10 March 2008 )