09 September 2013
09/09/2013 - The Minister of Environment and Spatial Planning, Dardan Gashi, today made a decision to close and prohibit all activities in the Nature Monument of Special Importance, Gadime Cave, in the Municipality of Lipjan, for a temporary period.
The decision was made due to unauthorized activities that are endangering the characteristics and values of this national asset. The temporary closure was established as a general measure for the protection of the monument.
As a first measure to improve the management of the cave, the Ministry of Environment and Spatial Planning will establish the Directorate for the Administration of the Nature Monument of Special Importance, which will carry out activities in accordance with the Law on Nature Protection.
Otherwise, the Marble Cave in Lower Gadime is one of the most beautiful caves not only in Kosovo but also in the Balkans and beyond. In the Gadime Cave, all types of decorations characteristic of caves are present. Mostly, there are stalagmites and stalactites that appear throughout the cave, in different shapes and sizes. The Gadime Cave was placed under protection immediately after its discovery on July 29, 1969. In 1982, a decision was made to protect the Cave as a geomonument with special natural values. In 2009, by decision of the Government of Kosovo (decision no. 04/57), the Gadime Cave was put under protection as a Natural Monument of special importance. The protected area of the cave is 38.64.95 ha (of which 36.72.21 ha is state-owned and 1.91.74 ha is private property).
The decision of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo to place the Gadime Cave under protection.