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Vézère Valley - Grotte de Font-de-Gaume |
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| Modern name(s) |
Vézère Valley - Grotte de Font-de-Gaume |
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Europe |
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Western Europe |
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| Latitude |
44.9368524 N |
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| Longitude |
1.02713467 E |
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Accurate location |
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| Info |
Cave containing prehistoric polychrome cave paintings and engravings. |
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| Excavation |
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| The paintings were discovered by Denis Peyrony, a local schoolmaster, on 12 September 1901. The cave had been known to the general public before this, but the significance of the paintings had not been recognised. Four days previously Peyrony had visited the cave at Les Combarelles, a short distance away, with the archaeologist Henri Breuil, where he saw its prehistoric engravings. The paintings in the cave at Font-de-Gaume were the first to be discovered in the Périgord province. |
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44.936852, 1.027135 === 44.936852 N, 1.027135 E === 44° 56' 12.7" N, 1° 1' 37.7" E |
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Vézère Valley - Grotte de Font-de-Gaume at Wikipedia |
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| Nearest sites |
Vézère Valley - Abri de la Madeleine, circa 3.5 km (2.2 mi) north
Vézère Valley - Grotte de Lascaux, circa 17.2 km (10.7 mi) north-east
Vesunna, Tour de Vésone, circa 36.5 km (22.7 mi) north-west
Civitas Petrocoriorum., Petrocorii, Périgueux, circa 36.8 km (22.9 mi) north-west
Iuliacum, Rofiacum, Engoischa, Angustia, Hospital d'Angoisse, circa 55.5 km (34.5 mi) north
Augustoritum, Limoges, circa 101 km (62.7 mi) north
Iculisma, Ecolisna, Angoulême, circa 104.9 km (65.2 mi) north-west
Segodunum Rutenorum, Secundunum, Civitas Rutenorum, Rodez, circa 138.6 km (86.1 mi) east
Ictium, L'Isle-Jourdain, circa 147.2 km (91.5 mi) south
Adsilanum, circa 162.2 km (100.8 mi) east
Novioregum, Barzan, circa 162.7 km (101.1 mi) west
Acitodunum, Ahun, circa 150.5 km (93.5 mi) north-east
Atura, Vicus Iulii, Aire-sur-l'Adour, circa 171.6 km (106.6 mi) south-west
Scauriniacum, Villemain, circa 148.9 km (92.5 mi) north-west
Burdigala, Bordeaux, circa 126.5 km (78.6 mi) west
Abbaye Saint-Martin de Ligugé, St. Martin's Abbey, circa 183.9 km (114.2 mi) north-west
Argentomagus theatre, circa 188.6 km (117.2 mi) north
Argentomagus, Argenton, circa 188.7 km (117.3 mi) north
Pierre levée de Poitiers, circa 189.3 km (117.6 mi) north
Lemonum, Pictavium, Pictavis, Poitiers, circa 190.2 km (118.2 mi) north-west
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ID 888, created 10 Apr 2012, 23:12, Last changed 11 Apr 2012, 00:17 |
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