Jaskinia Raj
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Paradise Cave interior
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| Location | Gmina Chęciny, powiat kielecki, województwo świętokrzyskie, Poland |
| Coordinates | 50°44′22″N 20°30′12″E / 50.73944°N 20.50333°ECoordinates: 50°44′22″N 20°30′12″E / 50.73944°N 20.50333°E |
| Depth | 8 to 17.5 m (26 to 57 ft) |
| Length | 240 m (790 ft) |
| Discovery | Józef Kopeć Feliks Wawrzeńczyk (1963) |
| Geology | Karst |
| Entrances | 2 |
| Access | with guide, max. 15 persons per group |
Paradise Cave (Polish: Jaskinia Raj, pronounced 'Yaskeenya Rye') is a horizontal karstic limestone cave located inside the Malik hill, to the south of Kielce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, Poland.
It is part of the "Red tourist trail Chęciny - Kielce" in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains (Holy Cross Mountains).
The cave has a length of 240 m (790 ft) and vertical range of 9.5 m (31 ft) however, only a section of 180 m (590 ft) length and two entrances are open to visitors. Despite its small size it is regarded as one of Poland's most beautiful caves and attracts numerous visitors. Its corridors lead through five chambers and caverns, that are ornamented with speleothems, such as stalactites, stalagmites and columns of calcified rock deposited over tens of thousands of years. In order to maintain an internal temperature of 8 to 10 °C (46 to 50 °F; 281 to 283 K) and 95 percent humidity required to preserve the cave's historical value and ecological integrity a maximum of fifteen people accompanied by a guide are admitted to enter the cave every fifteen minutes. In front of the entrance is an info center illuminated by optical fiber, that exhibits the cave's archeological and paleontological discoveries that include a replica of a Neanderthal camp, Mousterian assemblages and fossilized bones of contemporary Paleolithic fauna.
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