"Proval" Sinkhole Pond opening (Pyatigorsk) | lake, hot spring, natural monument, tourist cave

Russia / Stavropol / Goryachevodskiy / Pyatigorsk
 lake, hot spring, natural monument, tourist cave

Roof opening. There is a legend that in the night fire-breathing serpents flew out and kidnapped people. The tunnel was dug in 1858, funded the wealthy merchant Lazarin. On the wall is the icon Saint Pantaleon (Panteleimon) who tended to the sick free of charge.
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Coordinates:   44°2'48"N   43°5'55"E
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