Font-de-Gaume Cave

Local nameGrotte de Font-de-Gaume
LocationFrance

Font-de-Gaume is a cave near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne départment of south-west France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome cave paintings and engravings dating to the Magdalenian period. Discovered in 1901, more than 200 images have been identified in Font-de-Gaume. Along with other nearby prehistoric archeological sites, Font-de-Gaume was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 as the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Font-de-Gaume

Address 4 Avenue des Grottes, 24620 Eyzies-de-Tayac, France

Coordinates 44°56'13.005" N 1°1'35.713" E

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