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Submitted by mfrincu on Tuesday, 18 August 2015 Page Views: 1564
Rock ArtSite Name: Chindiei 2 Cave Alternative Name: Chindiei 2 HoleCountry: Romania
NOTE: This site is 6.376 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Moldova Noua Nearest Village: Coronini
Latitude: 44.656111N Longitude: 21.730194E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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mfrincu visited on 15th Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Not easy to find. Follow instructions on the site or ask a local about it. You will need good boots and long pants and sleeves to protect you from the bushes.
The cave is located about 80m above the Danube. It can be accessed by following a poorly maintained trail on steep terrain. There are two caves Chindiei 1 and Chindiei 2. Chindiei 1 can be seen from the road and is located right above Chindiei 2. The entrance to the cave used to be fortified and the remains of a locked door can be seen. The cave is a historical monument and is protected. It offers a splendid view of the Danube. The paintings, all of them in red color, can be found on the right hand side of the cave. While the cave is not deep it requires a flashlight for viewing the paintings. There is a lot of debate on the age of the drawings.
A total of 425 individual elements have been identified ranging from the VIII millennium B.C. to the medieval age. The oldest drawings depict human hands, birds and human characters while the newest represent crosses, pentagrams and Cyrillic writings. Some solar symbols are correlated with Dacian and proto-Dacian settlements.
To locate look drive 4km past Coronini eastwards towards the city of Orsova. On the left you will see a huge panel with Hungarian writings. Right after it (about 100m) look up and search for a huge cave. That is Chindiei 1 cave. Right under it, on the national road, look for a blue square on a power line pillar. The trail starts there and heads straight up to the cave.
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