These caves have been formed by the Reka river, the terrestrial section of which ends at the great Mahorcic Cave below Skocjan village. The caves represent a well preserved and unique example of karsitc (limestone) erosion and underground river galleries.
Joint listing with Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland. This property includes 111 small individual sites with the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C.
Lynn Salmon <>{ Last Updated: July 21, 2011