Bears' Cave ( ro, Peștera Urșilor) is located in the western

Apuseni Mountains The Apuseni Mountains ( ro, Munții Apuseni, hu, Erdélyi-középhegység) is a mountain range in Transylvania, Romania, which belongs to the Western Romanian Carpathians, also called ''Occidentali'' in Romanian. Their name translates from Rom ...

, on the outskirts of Chișcău village,

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, northwestern

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. It was discovered in 1975 by Speodava, an amateur spelaeologist group. Bears' Cave received its name after the 140

cave bear The cave bear (''Ursus spelaeus'') is a prehistoric species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the word "cave" and the scientific name ' ...

skeletons which were discovered on the site in 1983. The cave bear, also known as ''Ursus spelaeus'', is a species of bear which became extinct during the

Last Glacial Maximum The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), also referred to as the Late Glacial Maximum, was the most recent time during the Last Glacial Period that ice sheets were at their greatest extent. Ice sheets covered much of Northern North America, Northern Eur ...

, about 27,500 years ago. The cave has three galleries and four halls: The Candles Hall, Emil Racovita Hall, The Spaghetti Hall and The Bones Hall.Travel to Romania - Bears' cave
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Gallery

File:Medvebarlang05.jpg, Pillar of dripstone File:Medvebarlang08.jpg, Interior of the cave File:Medvebarlang18.jpg, Stalactites and stalagmites File:Medvebarlang19.jpg, Stalactites

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