Vindija Cave

Vindija Cave lies two kilometres west of Donja Voća, on Križnjakov vrh in the eastern part of Ravna gora. It has been protected as a palaeontological natural monument since 1964. Its main chamber is about 50 metres long, up to 28 metres wide and more than 20 metres high, while the entrance profile preserves a rare sequence of Pleistocene sediments. Human and animal fossils, together with thousands of stone and bone artefacts, have been found here. Vindija’s Neanderthal remains are also important to genomic research: a high-coverage genome was sequenced from a female who lived roughly 50,000 years ago. The sensitive site entered a programme of entrance protection and interior works in 2026.