The visit to the Bojnice Castle includes that of a natural cave located in the tufaceous accumulation on which the castle is built. The diameter of the cave is 22 m and its height is 6 m. It is located 26-m below the level of the fourth courtyard with a water well.
The cave was created as a result of atmospheric rainfalls of water which flew in here throughout the crater and surface rifts into the middle of the tufaceous accumulation. Water disintegrated and washed away the travertine, whereby it created the current circle-shaped space of the cave with the decoration on the walls. There are two lakes (8 to 12 m deep) in the cave that are most likely connected with the others in other underground spaces in which this tufaceous accumulation is abundant.
source: Slovenské národné múzeum – Múzeum Bojnice
Bojnice Museum SNM (Múzeum Bojnice SNM)
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Name: Ing. Petra Gordíková
Phone: +421 (0)46/543 06 33, +421 (0)46/543 06 24
Fax: +421 (0)46/543 00 51
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Zámok a okolie č. 1
972 01
Bojnice
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