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Caves and shelters in the Rhône-Alpes

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Cave of the Cabre

07150 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

The cave of La Cabre, located in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, is a prehistoric site of the Paleolithic adorned with rock paintings, including a cervid with red ochre that gives it its name. Discovered in 2002, it has been listed as a Historic Monument since 2017.
"La Bergerie de Charmasson" cave

07150 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

Prehistoric cave adorned with the Paleolithic located in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, famous for its digital traces evoking a bouquetin. A major site of parietal art ardéchis.
Grotte du Bouchon

07150 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

The Bouchon Cave, located in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc en Ardèche, is a prehistoric site of the Upper Paleolithic with rock drawings and flint tools.
Planchard Cave

07150 Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

The Planchard Cave, located in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc en Ardèche, is a prehistoric site of the Upper Paleolithic, home to Magdalenian parietal works and a rare female figure, closed to the public since 2017.
Archaeological complex called the Mandrin Cave

26780 Malataverne

The Mandrin Cave, a prehistoric rock shelter in Malataverne (Drôme), reveals alternating occupations of Neandertalians and Homo sapiens between 120,000 and 42,000 years, in a key site of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic.
Prehistoric engraving cave of Oullins

07150 au Garn

The balm of Oullins is a prehistoric adorned cave located on the edge of the Ardèche and the Gard, dating from the Middle Paleolithic to the Neolithic, famous for its engravings and parietal paintings.
Shelter under rock

73230 Saint-Jean-d'Arvey

The Saint-Jean-d'Arvey rock shelter, dated Chalcolithic, is a classified archaeological site located in Savoie, near Chambéry. This historic monument offers a rare testimony of prehistoric occupations in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Rocher dit des Balmes et grotto des Balmes

73500 Val-Cenis

The so-called Balmes Rock and its cave, located in Val-Cenis en Savoie, constitute a natural site classified as a Historic Monument since 1978, emblematic of the local geological heritage.