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Junction gallery on the upper level of the Meziad cave, Romania. Royalty Free Stock Photo

View from the upper gallery of the Meziad cave, Romania. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Upper gallery of the Meziad cave, Romania. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Stairs on the descending gallery of the Meziad cave that allow access to the upper level, Romania. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Nature, forest and clearing in the Podi? forest, Bac?u county, Romania. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Lower gallery of the Meziad cave, Romania.

Yellow flower, summer in full sun, with a spider guest. Royalty Free Stock Photo

The hayfield at the edge of the Babadag forest, Tulcea county, Romania Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Meziad Cave is one of the longest caves in Romania (4,750 m long with several levels) being located in Bihor County on the Meziad Valley in the southeastern region of the P?durea Craiului Mountains and the western area of the Apuseni Mountains. Declared a natural monument, a speleological reserve, the cave has been intensively researched. The cave fauna (bats, butterflies, spiders, crustaceans, beetles) sheltered here and which gives the cave its uniqueness has been studied by scientists from various fields, has been and is being explored by speleologists and visited by those who reach the Bihor lands, in the commune Remetea.