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Coordinates: 45°03′13″N 1°10′12″E. Lascaux ( English: / læˈskoʊ / la-SKOH, [1] US also / lɑːˈskoʊ / lah-SKOH; [2] French: Grotte de Lascaux [ɡʁɔt də lasko], [3] "Lascaux Cave") is a network of caves near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France.
Lascaux, unique in Dordogne and in France! The Lascaux cave is unique In France ! There are certainly many other caves in the country, but none have such sumptuous representations of prehistoric art. In addition, the Montignac-Lascaux cave is the cave which concentrates the most reproductions, it is equivalent to 2 Chauvet and 4 Cosquer!
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Lascaux is a network of caves near the village of Montignac, in the department of Dordogne in southwestern France. Over 600 parietal wall paintings cover the interior walls and ceilings of the cave. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. lascaux.culture.fr. Wikipedia. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain. Type: Cave.
Sep 6, 2016 · Definition. Lascaux Cave is a Palaeolithic cave situated in southwestern France, near the village of Montignac in the Dordogne region, which houses some of the most famous examples of prehistoric cave paintings. Close to 600 paintings – mostly of animals – dot the interior walls of the cave in impressive compositions.
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Visit Lascaux caves, France. Photo Gallery Book hotels, flights, car hire. The world famous caves at Lascaux are found near Montignac, 30km north of Sarlat in the Dordogne. Although they are not the oldest cave paintings in France, or the most extensive, and visitors see a faithful reproduction rather than the originals, they are still an ...
Lascaux is the only place in the world that concentrates so many works caves. 600 animals are represented there in seven rooms several meters underground. A veritable cavalcade of horses, bison, aurochs and even deer...
Map showing the location of three well-known prehistoric cave painting sites in France and Spain (underlying map © Google) Location, location, location! Approximately 15,000 years later in the valley of Vèzére, in southwestern France, modern humans lived and witnessed the migratory patterns of a vast range of wildlife.
