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Caves and shelters under rock in Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

Retrouvez les 11 caves and subrock shelters in the Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur region recensés par Musée du Patrimoine de France.
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Sélection de 8 caves and sub-rock shelters sur 11 en Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur

Cave of the Lazaret of Nice
Grotte préhistorique
06300 Nice

The Lazaret Cave, a prehistoric site of the Middle Paleolithic in Nice, offers human and wildlife remains dating from 130,000 to 170,000 years. Classified as a historic monument, it reveals tools and an ancient occupation near Mount Boron.
Cave du Renard in Marseille
Grotte
13009 Marseille 9ème

The Renard Cave, located in Marseille 9th in the Bouches-du-Rhône, is an underwater cavity classified as a historical monument since 1992, dating from the Paleolithic and integrated into the calanques massif.
Grotte du Figuier in Marseille
Grotte
13009 Marseille 9ème

The Figuier Cave, located in Marseille in the calanques, is a prehistoric cavity classified historical monument since 1992, close to the Cosquer Cave and the Triperie Cave.
Grottes Cosquer, Triperia, Figuier, Fox
Grotte ornée
13009 Marseille 9ème

The Cosquer, Triperie, Figuier and Renard caves, located in Marseille 9th, form a set of cavities decorated with the Paleolithic, classified as historical monuments. Their main cave, accessible only by an underwater siphon at -37 m, houses rock paintings from 18 500 to 33,000 years old, including negative hands and unique marine animals.
Good Balm Cave in Quinson
Grotte préhistorique
04500 Quinson

The Cave of the Baume Bonne in Quinson is a prehistoric site sheltered under rock, overlooking the Verdon in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, showing a human occupation for 400,000 years.
Vallonet Cave

06190 Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

The Vallonnet Cave, located in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (Alpes-Maritimes), is a major prehistoric site of the lower Paleolithic period, dating back about 1.15 million years. It is home to ancient tools and remains of Pleistocene fauna, among the oldest in France.
Grottes de Sainte-Anne-de-Goiron (also on Lambesc)
Grotte
13410 La Roque-d'Anthéron

The caves of Sainte-Anne-de-Goiron, located in La Roque-d'Anthéron (Bouches-du-Rhône), are a historical monument registered since 1937, shared with the municipality of Lambesc in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Grotte de L'Escale à Saint-Estève-Janson
Grotte
13610 Saint-Estève-Janson

The cave of L'Escale, classified as a Historic Monument, is located in Saint-Estève-Janson in the Bouches-du-Rhône, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. This troglodytic site is an indeterminate site.