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Peter
November 15, 2021
Hiking
I wouldn't have expected it. The cave is huge and the acoustics are really impressive. You should definitely see it
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Christine 🚶♀️ 📷 🌏
September 25, 2025
Hiking
The "Ear of Dionysus," which, according to legend, Caravaggio named it. It is said that the tyrant Dionysus I of Syracuse secretly eavesdropped on the conversations of his prisoners through this cave, and since it is shaped like a donkey's ear, Caravaggio probably found the name extremely fitting.
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