Caves and shelters in New Aquitaine

Ornate cave
24530 Villars

The prehistoric cave of the Cluzeau in Villars, Dordogne, is a site adorned with the Upper Paleolithic, famous for its parietal paintings and underground network of 13 km. Ranked historic monument in 1958.

Sheltered in rock
24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil

Laugerie-Basse is a paleolithic rock shelter located in the Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its Magdalenian remains and prehistoric works of art.

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.

Ornate cave
24220 Meyrals

The Bernifal Cave, located in Meyrals, New Aquitaine, is a cave decorated with the Upper Paleolithic, classified as a historical monument since 1904, famous for its 110 Magdalenian engravings and paintings, including mammoths and unique tectiformes.

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.