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Cave Attractions In Odessa

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Odessa is the third most populous city of Ukraine and a major tourism center, seaport and transportation hub located on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. It is also the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast and a multiethnic cultural center. Odessa is sometimes called the pearl of the Black Sea, the South Capital , and Southern Palmyra.Before the Tsarist establishment of Odessa, an ancient Greek settlement existed at its location as elsewhere along the northwestern Black Sea coast. A relatively more recent Tatar settlement was also founded at the location by Hacı I Giray, the Khan of Crimea in 1440 that was named after him as Hacıbey. Aft...
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Cave Attractions In Odessa

  • 1. Catacombs of Odessa Nerubayskoye
    The Odessa Catacombs are a labyrinth-like network of tunnels located under the city of Odessa and its outskirts in Ukraine, that are mostly the result of stone mining, particularly coquina. The system of Odessa Catacombs includes such underground structures like basements, bunkers, drainage tunnels and other storm drains as well as natural caves. The Catacombs are on three levels and reach a depth of 60 metres below sea level. It is one of the world's largest labyrinth running up to 2,500 kilometers.In the 19th-century, most houses in Odessa were built of limestone that was mined nearby. These mines were abandoned and later used, and widened, by local smugglers, creating a labyrinth of underground tunnels beneath Odessa.
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