Caves and shelters under rock in Haute-Garonne

31160 Ganties

The galleries of Houantaou, located in Ganties, Occitanie, form an underground network of the Upper Paleolithic famous for its parietal art and clay sculptures among the oldest in the world.

Cave
31350 Lespugue

The caves of the Sava Valley in Lespugue, located in Haute-Garonne (Occitanie), are a major prehistoric site of the Upper Paleolithic, famous for the discovery of the Venus de Lespugue and its archaeological remains.

Ornate cave
31260 Marsoulas

The cave of Marsoulas, known as the Cave of the Fairies, is a cave adorned with the Upper Paleolithic located in Marsoulas, Occitanie, famous for its paintings and parietal engravings depicting bisons, horses and geometric signs, classified as a historical monument since 1910.

Ornate cave
31260 Montespan

The Montespan Cave, known as the Houantaou Subterrain, is an underground cavity classified as historical monuments since 1924, located in Montespan in Haute-Garonne. It houses parietal works of art and clay statues dating from the Upper Paleolithic period.

Sheltered in rock
31420 Aurignac

The prehistoric shelter of Aurignac, in Upper Garonne, is an archaeological deposit of the Upper Paleolithic having given its name to the Aurignacian culture. Ranked a historic monument in 1921, it bears witness to the first human occupation in Europe 35,000 years ago.

Ornate cave
31210 Gourdan-Polignan

The Elephant Cave in Gourdan-Polignan is a major prehistoric site of the Upper Paleolithic, listed as a historical monument, located in Upper Garonne (Occitanie).