Caves and shelters in Poitou-Charente

Ornate cave
16220 Moulins-sur-Tardoire

The Placard Cave, located in Vilhonneur (Charente), is a shelter adorned with the Paleolithic famous for its solutrene engravings and archaeological remains, including human bones and prehistoric tools.

Sheltered in rock
16250 Voulgézac

The prehistoric deposits of the Vachons, located in Voulgézac in Charente, are sub-rock shelters and a cave dating from the Upper Paleolithic, classified as historical monuments in 1927.

Sheltered in rock
16410 Sers

The Roc-de-Sers is a prehistoric site of the Upper Paleolithic located in Sers (Charente), famous for its adorned caves and solutrene sculptures in collapsed frieze, today reproduced on site.

Prehistoric cave
16220 Montbron

The Fontéchevade Cave, located near Montbron in Charente, is a major prehistoric site of the Paleolithic, classified as a historical monument. Occupied with the Tayacian to the Aurignacian, she delivered human remains and lithic tools dating up to 150,000 years.

Ornate cave
86320 Lussac-les-Châteaux

The Marche Cave, located in Lussac-les-Châteaux in New Aquitaine, is a major prehistoric site of Magdalenian III, famous for its 1,512 engraved limestone plates, unique in archaeology.

Sheltered in rock
16440 Mouthiers-sur-Boëme

The Chaire-à-Calvin is a rock shelter adorned with Magdalenian parietal sculptures (15 000 BC), located in Mouthiers-sur-Boëme in Charente, famous for its monumental frieze and its prehistoric and Protestant history.

Sheltered in rock
16220 Vilhonneur

The Bois-du-Roc shelter in Vilhonneur is a prehistoric site under rock, located in Charente (Nouveau-Aquitaine), housing remains of the Paleolithic and Bronze Age, near the Tardoire.

16110 Moulins-sur-Tardoire

The Visage Cave, located in Moulins-sur-Tardoire in Charente, is a cave decorated with the Upper Paleolithic (Gravetien, ~28,000 BC), famous for its stylized parietal face and exceptional archaeological remains, including human and animal bones.