Helme Caves () are a group of artificial caves carved into the
Burtnieki sandstone cliffs beneath the ruins of
Helme Castle in
Tõrva Parish
Tõrva Parish () is a rural municipality in Valga County. It includes the town of Tõrva.
Settlements
;Town
Tõrva
;Boroughs
Helme, Hummuli
;Villages
Aitsra, Ala, Alamõisa, Holdre, Jeti, Jõgeveste, Kalme, Karjatnurme, Karu, Ka ...
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Valga County
Valga County ( or ''Valgamaa'') is a first-level administrative unit and one of 15 counties of Estonia. It comprises the former area of Valga District. The present-day county was created on 1 January 1990. The capital and largest town of Valga Co ...
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Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
. The caves were first formed by natural spring erosion and were later modified and expanded by human activity. The cave system historically consisted of seven chambers, with passages reaching up to 3 meters in height and extending approximately 20 to 30 meters into the hillside. They are believed to have been used for practical purposes such as shelter and storage during earlier periods.
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Caves of Estonia
Geography of Valga County