Cehennemağzi Mağarası

Cehennemagzi Cave - Entrance to Hell


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Classification:  Karst cave.
Light: electric.
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Address: Tel: +90-, Fax: +90-
Last update:$Date: 2008/07/01 20:30:47 $

History


Description

The name Cehennemağzi means Entrance to Hell, It is named after a legend in the old greek mythologic text called Anabasis, written by Xenophon. He discribes, that Cerberus, the three headed dog which guards the entrance to the Hades, lives in a cave outside of Eregli near Kavakderesi. Herakles aka Hercules, the powerful demi-god, visited the cave.


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