Nimara Cave

Nimara Cave is a cave on Heaven Island.

Human presence

Since ancient times, the cave was used as a place of worship. According to the writings of ancient Greek historian Herodotus, human presence in the cave (as well as the old city of Physkos, today called Marmaris), dates back to 3,000 BC. However, excavations carried out by the Municipality of Marmaris in 2007 extended this period to almost 12,000 years back.

Key facts

Type: cave
Located in: Aegean Region

Facts from Wikidata.

Coordinates: 36.813000, 28.297000Open in Google Maps

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Sources

The text on this page comes from: Nimara Cave (en.wikipedia.org), as of 12 January 2026

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