Crystal Cave
Krivche, Ternopil region, Ukraine
Description:
The famous Crystal Cave, or Kryshtaleva Cave, is located in a small village of Krivche, Borshchevsky district of Ternopil region of Ukraine. By its size and beauty of underground labyrinths, the cave is included in the top ten largest karst caves in the world.
The cave was formed about 20 million years ago, underground water washed in the gypsum rock bizarrely branched network of passages. The total length of the cave is 23 kilometers. Always, both in winter and summer, the temperature here does not exceed 12 degrees, and the humidity is 95 percent. There are almost no pathogenic bacteria, the microclimate here is stable, which attracts people who want to heal from bronchial asthma, hypertension and chronic bronchitis.
The main attraction of the cave can be called the Crystal corridor, the walls of which are covered with multicolored plaster crystals. Visitors are waiting for the Fairy Tale Hall, where you can see crystals of the most bizarre and amazing forms, the Zoological Hall, where in the forms of crystals you can guess the outlines of various animals and birds, as well as the festive hall, the walls of which are covered with fantastic patterns formed by crystals.
In 1965, by the decision of the Ternopil Regional Executive Committee, the Khrustalnaya cave was declared a protected area.