Hadži-Prodanova Pecina Cave - Hadži-Prodan Cave

Hadži-Prodanova Pecina Cave is named after Hadži - Prodan, the duke of Karadjordje /the leader of the First Serbian Uprising/ who was hiding soldiers in this cave during the Serbian rebellion lead by him against the Turkish occupation in the 19th century. Hadži-Prodanova Pecina Cave is located at the altitude of 600 meters in the valley of Rascanska River and the valley of Golijska Moravica River, 10 km away from Ivanjica via Guca. Examined length of Hadži-Prodanova Pecina Cave is 400 meters. Hadži-Prodanova Pecina Cave is constituted of 2 flats while the new 165 meters of canals have been discovered recently in the upper floor. The entrance to the Hadži-Prodanova Pecina Cave is around 3 metres wide, than it narrows and there appears the spacious hall around 50 metres long and 15 metres wide. Experts have found 25 new cave animal species (insects), not yet known or very rare in the world. During the exploration of Hadži-Prodanova Pecina Cave articles dating to Neanderthals-hunters were found as well as the remains of cave bear that date from 45000 to 40000 years BC. Hadži-Prodanova Pecina Cave entrance is partially hidden by the "Adzijina church" which was originaly built in 1909 and dedicated to the Archangel Michael.