Marble Cave Gadime
The Marble Cave or the Gadime Cave is a karstic limestone cave in the village of Gadime e Ulët in the municipality of Lipjan in Kosovo. Much of it is still unexplored. The cave was found in 1966 by a villager, Ahmet Asllani, who was working on his garden.Photo: Arbenllapashtica, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: Most known cave in Kosovo
- Also known as: “Gadime Cave”, “Marble Cave”, and “Marble Cave, Kosovo”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gadime e Ulët and Llugaxhi.
Gadime e Ulët
Village
Photo: Edukatori, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gadime e Ulët is a village in Lipjan municipality. Gadime e Ulët is located approximately 20 kilometers south of Prishtina and around seven kilometers southeast of Lipjan in the southern area of the Kosovo Polje.
Llugaxhi
Village
Llugaxhi or Lugadžija is a village in Kosovo, located south of Lipjan. The village was founded by Muhaxhir-Albanians all of whom fled the invasion of Niš during 1878. Llugaxhi is situated 3 km northwest of Marble Cave Gadime.
Dobratini (Graçanica)
Village
Photo: Jalexandar29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dobratini (Graçanica) is a village, which is situated 6 km north of Marble Cave Gadime.
Marble Cave Gadime
- Categories: natural monument, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Lipjan, Pristina Districte, Kosovo, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.47809° or 42° 28′ 41″ northLongitude
21.20757° or 21° 12′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8GJ3F6H5+62OpenStreetMap ID
node 150903150OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1662138
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Marble Cave Gadime” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Shpella e gadimes”
- Albanian: “Shpella e Gadimës”
- Arabic: “كهف الرخام”
- Armenian: “Մարմարե քարանձավ”
- Azerbaijani: “Mərmər mağara”
- Bashkir: “Мәрмәр мәмерйә”
- Bashkir: “Мәрмәр мәмерйәһе”
- Belarusian: “Мармуровая пячора”
- Belarusian: “Мармуровая”
- Bulgarian: “Мраморна пещера”
- Croatian: “Mramorna špilja”
- Croatian: “Spomenik prirode Mramorna špilja”
- Czech: “Mermerna pećina”
- Czech: “Mramorová jeskyně”
- Czech: “Shpella e Gadimës”
- Czech: “Shpella e Mermerit”
- Czech: “Мермерна пећина”
- Dutch: “Mermerna pećina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف الرخام”
- Erzya: “Мраморонь модаваря”
- Erzya: “Мраморонь модакаравкс”
- Georgian: “მარბლის გამოქვაბული”
- German: “Tropfsteinhöhle Gadime”
- Latvian: “Gadimes ala”
- Latvian: “Marmora ala”
- Lithuanian: “Marmurinis urvas”
- Macedonian: “Мермерна пештера”
- Persian: “غار ماربل”
- Polish: “Jaskinia Marmurowa”
- Polish: “Mermerna pećina”
- Romanian: “Peștera de marmură din Kosovo”
- Russian: “Мраморная пещера”
- Serbian: “Mermerna pećina”
- Serbian: “Shpella e Gadimes”
- Serbian: “Мермерна пећина”
- Turkish: “Mermer Mağarası”
- Ukrainian: “Мармурова печера (Косово)”
- Ukrainian: “Мармурова печера”
- Vietnamese: “Hang động Marble, Kosovo”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bus station and Ish miniera nëntokësore “Babush i Muhaxherëve”.
Nearby Places
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