Quri Qale Cave
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Quri Qale Cave is located Northwest of Ravansar
and is one the main tourist attractions of the region. Quri Qale is one of the longest caves in western Asia and is well known for its wealth of speleothem
s and its archaeological finds. For the first time the cave was explored in the 1950s which during that survey, the first 550m documented and lead to a 55m deeep shaft. Later an Iranian team opened its blocked bottom in 1989. The cave has three main chambers which called Namaz, Bolour and Aroos. Talare Bolour has calcite crystals and some stalactites. Talare Aroos is the most magnificent part of the cave and has a glittering crystals and four waterfalls. The cave also is famous for its colony of mouse ear bats that are very rare in this part of Zagros. Archaeologists have found a number of silver plates in this cave that are embellished with animal or monster figures and one presents even a Pahlavi inscription. These plates dates back to late Sassanian period.
Visitors have made graffitis in some places on stalagmites and the cave wall. they have also broken a number of stalagmites too.
Ravansar
-See also:*Dekhmeh Rawansar*Khanileh*Jaff tribe*Ardalan*Javanroud*Paveh...
and is one the main tourist attractions of the region. Quri Qale is one of the longest caves in western Asia and is well known for its wealth of speleothem
Speleothem
A speleothem , commonly known as a cave formation, is a secondary mineral deposit formed in a cave. Speleothems are typically formed in limestone or dolostone solutional caves.-Origin and composition:...
s and its archaeological finds. For the first time the cave was explored in the 1950s which during that survey, the first 550m documented and lead to a 55m deeep shaft. Later an Iranian team opened its blocked bottom in 1989. The cave has three main chambers which called Namaz, Bolour and Aroos. Talare Bolour has calcite crystals and some stalactites. Talare Aroos is the most magnificent part of the cave and has a glittering crystals and four waterfalls. The cave also is famous for its colony of mouse ear bats that are very rare in this part of Zagros. Archaeologists have found a number of silver plates in this cave that are embellished with animal or monster figures and one presents even a Pahlavi inscription. These plates dates back to late Sassanian period.
Visitors have made graffitis in some places on stalagmites and the cave wall. they have also broken a number of stalagmites too.