Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Founded by Andrés Maya Fajardo and Rocío Fernándaz Bustamante in 1951, this cave is still in the hands of the Maya family, one of the most important families in the flamenco world. In Rocio's cave, a show called "Zambra Gitana" is produced every night, a musical and dance genre inspired by Sacromonte's flamenco rituals, such as gypsy weddings.
Tourists inside the cave. The park's mission is stated in its foundation document: [7] The purpose of Mammoth Cave National Park is to preserve, protect, interpret, and study the internationally recognized biological and geologic features and processes associated with the longest known cave system in the world, the park’s diverse forested karst landscape, the Green and Nolin rivers, and ...
Pages in category "Caves of Kentucky" ... Great Saltpetre Cave; H. Horse Cave, Kentucky; L. Lost River Cave; M. Mammoth Cave National Park; Mantle Rock Archeological ...
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Chaumont is located about 7 miles (11 km) west of Cave City, and 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Park City at the present-day junction of Kentucky Route 70 (KY 70) and KY 255; [15] portions of both highways west and south of Chaumont are currently considered a part of the Mammoth Cave Parkway.
Salts Cave Archeological Site, near Munfordville, Kentucky, is a cave and archeological site which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] The cave is part of Mammoth Cave National Park. [2] It has also been known as West's Cave and as Old Salts Cave. It was listed for its information potential. [1]
Cave cricket was encountered on a cave wall in Diamond Caverns, Kentucky. The temperature is constant, changing only a few degrees over the course of a year. This is due to the fact that the earth's surface warms and cools with the seasons, and by the time the impacts of all the hot and cold days reach Diamond Caverns, the temperature has been ...
For a time, ending in the 1970s, Great Saltpetre Cave was a commercial cave, and was open not only for tours, but also for ballroom dances, a museum, and weddings. [8] [9] However, the guests would often damage the cave formations by taking souvenirs. Some would also leave their names in the cave, the most notable of which was Daniel Boone. [7]