On the occasion of Croatian Book Month, from October 15 to November 15 you have the opportunity to visit the impressive for free Grabovača Cave Park and the fascinating Samograd cave upon presentation of a membership card from any public library in Croatia.
In cooperation with the National Library of the Municipality of Perušić, the Public Institution "Pećinski park Grabovača" has been participating in marking the fourth consecutive year. Croatian Book Month.
Can we imagine a space filled with books without those who give life to those books, and to the space?
meaning? Therefore, the theme of this year's event is "Selected Librarians", those who preserve knowledge,
but they also share it selflessly.
More information about the Park's opening hours can be found on the Grabovača Cave Park website.
Grabovača Cave Park is the only cave park in Europe
Grabovača Cave Park is located in the territory of the Municipality of Perušić in Lika. Water enriched with dissolved carbon dioxide with its mechanical and chemical power destroyed and dissolved carbonate rocks on the surface of the relief and in the depths of the Grabovača underground. This is how countless scratches, oysters, sinkholes were created on the surface, and many pits and caves underground.
On a relatively small area of only 1,5 square kilometers, there are eight caves and one pit. This represents a complex of diverse and rich calcite formations of valuable speleological phenomena and a quarter of the total number of protected speleological objects in Croatia. Five caves are protected in the category of geomorphological nature monument, a Samograd cave is the most famous speleological object of this cave park and the only cave that is open to visitors.
The entrance to the Samograd cave resembles a cathedral, and you can walk along the entire length of the cave by steps hand-carved in sigovin, and the cave is 345 meters long. Parts of ceramic dishes and bones from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages were found inside the cave. About the Samograd cave, the first news about a cave in Croatia was published in 1889.
In addition to speleological facilities, 4 types of habitats are threatened and protected at the European level. Among the diversity of the flora of this area, 118 plant species stand out, three species are protected at the national level, namely orchids, and six species are considered endemic to the Croatian flora.
