Perama  is a town about 4 km NE of Ioannina in Greece. The town's name means "passage" and it lies on the northern edge of lake Pamvotis. The town (pop. 2,693 in 2001) is the municipal seat of the surrounding Municipality of Perama, which has a land area of 105 km² and a population of 5,700 inhabitants. It is famous for its cave, known as the "Cave of Perama". The cave, extending five kilometres below the ground and having been explored fully only up to one kilometre, has a remarkable arrangement of stalagmites and stalactites. An 11th-century church in the town dedicated to Saint Haralambos and reputedly built by Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus is in a bad state of repair and is rarely open to the general public.

Cave covers an area of 14,800 sq.m. and is the largest in the Balkans. The tour lasts approximately 45 minutes.

 

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