Grottoes Sentence Examples

Subsequently, artificial took the place of natural grottoes.

On the north-west rock the caves known as the grottoes of Pan and Apollo were cleared out; these consist of a slight high-arched indentation immediately to the east of the Clepsydra and a double and somewhat deeper cavern a little farther to the east.

The Mithraic temples of Roman times were artificial grottoes (spelaea) wholly or partially underground, in imitation of the original selcuded mountain caverns of Asia.

These monuments were originally natural grottoes, which tradition assigned as habitations to the local nymphs.

The cavern is divided into four grottoes, with two lateral ramifications which reach to the distance of about a mile and a half from the entrance.

From the 4th century onwards its grottoes were the dwellings of Christian hermits, amongst whom John of Lycopolis was the most celebrated.

Remarkable sacred grottoes are found on the coast, namely, the so-called Nyabi Kidul and Rongkob, and at Selarong, south-east of Jokjakarta.

Here are the curious and interesting Han grottoes.

Various volcanic rocks are the predominant formations, but beds of limestone also occur, giving rise to numerous stalactite grottoes all over the island.

You will also visit the Terai Camp, the Etigar Mosque, Mogao Grottoes, Labrang Monastery and much more.

The southern part of the province belongs to the Karst region, and here are situated the famous cascades and grottoes of Sankt Kanzian, where the river Reka begins its subterranean course.

The home of the nymphs is on mountains and in groves, by springs and rivers, in valleys and cool grottoes.

Calabria's vast seaboard, meanwhile, plays host to a collage of tranquil sandy bays and hideaway grottoes.

Oreades (6pos, mountain) were nymphs of mountains and grottoes, one of the most famous of whom was Echo.