Near the town of Câmpeni, in Alba County, is the Lucia Cave. Until 1980, when speleologists from the Zarand club in Brad managed to connect the two cavities, locals indicated in the limestone slope at the confluence of the Aries and Sohodolului rivers the existence of two distinct caves: Lucia Mare, also known as the Virgins' Cave, and Lucia Mică, or the Girls' Cave, names that reflected the size of the entrances.
The first recorded visits to these caves date back to the end of the 19th century, more precisely from 1890, according to the best-preserved inscription. Discovering older testimonies is difficult, because later signs, some of a destructive nature, covered the original inscriptions, and the walls were blackened by torch flames.
Even though in 2005 the cave was declared a protected natural area by Order no. 604 and received a level B protection due to the valuable Paleolithic discoveries and Ursus spelaeus fossils found there, this status does not seem to prevent some irresponsible visitors from continuing to degrade the site.
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