Davelis Cave
Davelis Cave, also known as the Cave of Penteli, is a cave on the southwestern slope of Mount Penteli, northeast of Athens. It received its modern nickname, "the cave of Davelis", because of a popular association with the 19th-century brigand Christos Davelis.- Cave
- …lies at an elevation of 720 metres (2,362 feet)
- Description: cave near Athens, Greece
- Also known as“Spelia Penteles”“Spilia Pentelis”“Σπηλιά Πεντέλης”
Places of Interest Nearby
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Penteli Observatory
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3 km southwest of Davelis Cave
Suburbs in the Area
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Nea Penteli
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Melissia
Melissia is a town and a suburb in the northeastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece.
4½ km southwest of Davelis Cave
Davelis Cave
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Latitude
38.07083° or 38° 4′ 15″ north
Longitude
23.8773° or 23° 52′ 38″ east
Open location code
8GC53VCG+8W
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = cave_entrance
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Davelis Cave” goes by many names.
كهف دافيليسArabic
Spelia PentelesCebuano
كهف ديفليسEgyptian Arabic
Pentélin luolaFinnish
Σπήλαιο ΑμώμωνGreek
Σπήλαιο ΝταβέληGreek
Σπήλαιο ΠεντέληςGreek
Σπηλιά ΝταβέληGreek
Σπηλιά της ΠεντέληςGreek
Σπηλιά του ΝταβέληGreek
Davelis grottaSwedish
Spelia PentelesSwedish
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