Risovača Cave is situated at the entrance of the town of Aranđelovac, Serbia

Serbia

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. It is one of the most important archeological sites of paleolith

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s in Europe.

It's been discovered around 1938, but archeological excavations started in 1953. Fossils of cave bear

Cave Bear

The cave bear was a species of bear that lived in Europe during the Pleistocene and became extinct at the beginning of the Last Glacial Maximum about 27,500 years ago....

s, mammoth

Mammoth

A mammoth is any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus. These proboscideans are members of Elephantidae, the family of elephants and mammoths, and close relatives of modern elephants. They were often equipped with long curved tusks and, in northern species, a covering of long hair...

s, woolly rhinoceros

Woolly Rhinoceros

The woolly rhinoceros is an extinct species of rhinoceros that was common throughout Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene epoch and survived the last glacial period. The genus name Coelodonta means "cavity tooth"...

, cave lion

Cave lion

Panthera leo spelaea also known as the European or Eurasian cave lion, is an extinct subspecies of lion known from fossils and many examples of prehistoric art.-Physical characteristics:This subspecies was one of the largest lions...

s, leopard

Leopard

The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

 and bison

Bison

Members of the genus Bison are large, even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized...

. The cave depth is approximately 187 meters, and "halls" are decorated with minerals of different shapes and colors. Also, tools which cavemen used at those times were discovered.

Risovača Cave was declared Archaeological Sites of Great Importance

Archaeological Sites of Great Importance (Serbia)

Archaeological Sites of Great Importance are the archaeological sites in the Republic of Serbia that have the second level of the State protection.Those are part of the Cultural Property of Great Importance protection list.-See also:...

 in 1983, and it is protected by Republic of Serbia.

See also

• Archaeological Sites of Great Importance
  Archaeological Sites of Great Importance (Serbia)
  Archaeological Sites of Great Importance are the archaeological sites in the Republic of Serbia that have the second level of the State protection.Those are part of the Cultural Property of Great Importance protection list.-See also:...
  
  
• Tourism in Serbia
  Tourism in Serbia
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• List of caves in Serbia