Bat Cave - Zuheros
What's included / What is it?
The tour of the cave interior (415 metres)
The Bat Cave is declared a Mixed Natural Monument of Andalusia and also a Good of Cultural Interest. It is located four kilometres from the town of Zuheros (Córdoba) and to date is the largest cavity in the province. Its discovery is lost in the mists of time, and it wasn't until the Civil War that the lowest parts were descended. Although the first written record of it appears in 1868.
The name originates from the fact that a colony of these mammals once inhabited the area. Today, their numbers have considerably dwindled, but they can still be observed along the route.
If there is one element that stands out in the cave, it is its archaeological aspect. Inhabited by Neanderthals in the Middle Palaeolithic, it was abandoned in the Upper Palaeolithic and was not reoccupied until the Neolithic, with cave paintings and human remains. In fact, it is considered the cathedral of the Andalusian Neolithic. The most recent remains correspond to the Roman period.
It should be highlighted, as it could not be otherwise, the presence within of the typical limestone formations that provoke the most varied interpretations in the visitor's imagination.
