Istvan Cave

The Istvan Cave is a limestone collapse Miskolc-Lillafured, Northern Hungary. The cave changed into fashioned inside the Triassic duration and is about 710 m long. It was located in 1913. According to local legend, a canine fell into a 15metre deep shaft, which changed into the cave's handiest herbal establishing. People located the cave when they rescued the dog.

Cavers started to discover the give way 1927. Another front turned into made for the tourists, and in 1931 the cave became opened to the public. During World War II, the cave became broken, with a number of the stalagmites and stalactites were damaged by way of human beings looking for refuge from air raids. The lighting was repaired most effective in 1955, and the cave turned into opened to the general public once more. The cave remains being explored, however best a element may be visited. Its deepest recognised region is named Hell. The most lovely dripstone structures are the Mammut's Mouth, Fairyland, Column Hall and Concert Hall. Due to water filling the fall down 1958 and 1974, the internal caverns are probably linked with water drains.