March 15, 2009
Outdoor Albania Association shpella
The cave of pellumbas
project finished
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pune, pune nate e dite, qe te shohim pakez drite ➛ work, work day and night, to see a little bit of light
 
The cave of Pëllumbas, also known as The Black cave, is valued by specialists as one of the most precious archeological sites of Albania. In this cave there were found skeletons, which according to the confirmation of the Museum of Natural Sciences of Florence University, belong to cave bears (Ursus Speleaus), that lived from 10.000 to 400.000 years ago. Different from similar European caves, the Cave of Pëllumbas has also remnants of human culture, which according to the confirmation of Tirana Archaeological Institute belong to the period of Paleolit in Ancient Middle Ages. The cave is about 360 m long, 10 – 15 m wide and 15 – 45 m high, filled with beautiful stalactites and stalagmites.
On the 24th of June 2009 we, Outdoor Albania Association, successfully finished the work on the project ‘ The cave of Pёllumbas’. From Pëllumbas village you can visit the cave in about an hour hike. Before the path was quite dangerous to pass at a several points, while the hillside is steep and the path was very narrow and slippery. Now it is a nice walk over a beautiful path, which we improved: with signs, with steps at steep points, we widened the path at narrow points, we secured the path with side grips and we implemented information-plates about the cave and area. At difficult parts in the cave we implemented little steps and we supplied the local guide with 20 helmets and headlamps for visitors to explore the cave. Aside this we promote the cave of Pëllumbas with a website, flyers and roadsigns. ⤴ the path before the work ➛ shtegu para punës the path after the work ➛ shtegu mbas punës
WHAT WE ACHIEVED IN THIS PROJECT:
Martini Lerch (architect) measuring the points for the handgrip poles
Behar Duci implementing steps on the path Behar Duci implementing the wooden platform in front of the cave entrance