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The caves and sinkholes have taken millions of years to erode; many of the stalagmites and stalactites have been hundreds of thousands of years in formation.
The stalactites grow at a rate of 1 cm (about a half inch) every 100 years, so it is easy to begin to estimate the age of the largest structures.
To the modern eye, they form a Renaissance and Baroque theme park dotted with loggias, cool fountains, grottoes with artificial stalactites, and myriad statues of gods, nymphs, and grotesques (derived from the word “grotto”).
In 1855 an Englishman discovered the caves, which, being a lava bed, do not have icy limestone stalagmites and stalactites but “lava drops” that look like thick whirls of chocolate mousse.
Cave paintings and prehistoric remains, including a shrine to the goddess Noctiluca, have been found and there is a beautiful underground lake with stalactites.