Apidima Cave
Apidima Cave is a complex of five caves located on the western shore of Mani Peninsula in southern Greece. A systematic investigation of the cave has yielded Neanderthal and, according to some paleoanthropologists, Homo sapiens, fossils from the Palaeolithic era.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Taxiarches Church and Church of Panagia and Agios Charalambos.
St. Taxiarches Church
Church
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Taxiarches Church is situated 1½ km east of Apidima Cave.
Church of Panagia and Agios Charalambos
Church
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Panagia and Agios Charalambos is situated 1½ km east of Apidima Cave.
Church of St Athanasius
Church
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of St Athanasius is situated 2 km east of Apidima Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Areopolis and Limeni.
Areopolis
Village
Photo: PLAKLE, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Areopoli is a town on the Mani Peninsula, Laconia, Greece. The word Areopoli, which means "city of Ares", the ancient Greek god of war, became the official name in 1912.
Limeni
Village
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Areopoli is a town on the Mani Peninsula, Laconia, Greece. The word Areopoli, which means "city of Ares", the ancient Greek god of war, became the official name in 1912.
Sotiras, Lakonia
Village
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sotiras, Lakonia is a village, which is situated 3 km east of Apidima Cave.
Apidima Cave
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Greece
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: East Mani, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.66259° or 36° 39′ 45″ northLongitude
22.36244° or 22° 21′ 45″ eastOpen location code
8G84M976+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 6917854300OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q15067212
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Apidima Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف أبيديما”
- Armenian: “Ապիդիմա”
- Czech: “Apidima”
- Czech: “jeskyně Apidima”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف ابيديما”
- French: “grotte d’Apídima”
- French: “Grotte d’Apídima”
- German: “Apidima-Höhlen”
- German: “Apidima”
- German: “Höhlen von Apidima”
- Greek: “Σπήλαια Απήδημα”
- Greek: “Σπήλαιο Απήδημα”
- Indonesian: “Gua Apidima”
- Italian: “Grotta di Apidima”
- Japanese: “アピディマ洞窟”
- Latin: “Spelunca Apedema”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Apidimagrotten”
- Norwegian: “Apidimagrotten”
- Portuguese: “Caverna Apidima”
- Russian: “Апидима”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Apidima”
- Turkish: “Apidima Mağarası”
- Ukrainian: “Апідіма”
- Vietnamese: “Hang động Apidima”
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