Grotte de Lascaux submitted by durhamnature : "Small stags", possibly reindeer and then not necessarily male, from "Art of the Stone Age" via Grotte de Lascaux submitted by durhamnature : Three meter long red and black cow, from "Art of the Stone Age" via Grotte de Lascaux submitted by durhamnature : Image from "Lascaux Measures" via Grotte de Lascaux submitted by durhamnature Grotte de Lascaux submitted by durhamnature : Part of a frieze, from "Lascaux Measures" via Grotte de Lascaux submitted by durhamnature : Deer with row of dots, from "Prehistoric Puzzles" via La grotte de Lascaux Image copyright: MoWestein1 (Mo Westein), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. Grotte de Lascaux submitted by Flickr : La grotte de Lascaux Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France en/list/85 Image copyright: knyazna.ua (knyazna.ua), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. Grotte de Lascaux submitted by Flickr : Monaco 1970 Airmail stamp - Lascaux Horses 996 WHS in France: Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley. Grotte de Lascaux submitted by durhamnature : Bull, from "Art of the Stone Age" via Grotte de Lascaux submitted by durhamnature : Two small horses, from "Art of the Stone Age" via Image copyright: rechercheslascaux, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. Grotte de Lascaux 2 submitted by Flickr : lascaux Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France Image copyright: Naturalmentescienza, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. Grotte de Lascaux 2 submitted by Flickr : Lascaux Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France Image copyright: Sandy-S, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. Grotte de Lascaux 2 submitted by Flickr : lascaux_2 Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France Image copyright: Ronan Smits, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. Grotte de Lascaux 2 submitted by Flickr : Lascaux II Site in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) France Grotte de Lascaux submitted by ocdolmen : Lascaux cave ( Vote or comment on this photo) To see the most up to date information please register for a free account. You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. Note: Scientists meet to save Lascaux cave from fungus, see latest comment on this page. The replica, known as Lascaux II, opened in 1983 and now draws more than 250,000 tourists each year. ![]() Since then, only a select few people have been allowed to visit the underground gallery by special permission, and tourists are steered into a replica of the cave complex nearby. But by the late 1950s, the visitors’ breath was blamed for the appearance of lichen and small crystals on the walls, prompting the government to close Lascaux to the public in 1963. The array of vivid horses, bulls, stags, ibexes and oxen, some resting while others gallop, charge and leap are considered among the finest examples of Paleolithic cave art.Īfter World War II, the small cave was opened to the public and, at one point, it was receiving as many as 1,800 visitors per day. ![]() The early Europeans who roamed this region used crushed minerals to create some 600 images in red, ochre, deep brown and black. The Lascaux paintings are thought to be 15,000 to 17,000 years old. The fence of course has its UNESCO World Heritage site plaque proudly on display. It is now fenced off and not even opened up to specialist groups since 2001. It was found in September 1940 by two boys out walking their dog which fell down a hole underneath the roots of a freshly uprooted tree. This world famous cave has not been open to visitors since about 1962 after the paintings had started to seriously deteriorate. In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to findĬo-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinatesĬlick to view comments at bottom of this page Grotte de Lascaux submitted by ocdolmen : Unicorn in Lascaux cave. Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marksĬan be driven to, probably with disabled access Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site Nearest Town: Sarlat-la-Canéda Nearest Village: Montignac Submitted by TheCaptain on Friday, Page Views: 25691 Natural PlacesSite Name: Grotte de LascauxĬountry: France Département: Aquitaine:Dordogne (24) Type: Cave or Rock Shelter ![]() Grotte de Lascaux - Cave or Rock Shelter in France in Aquitaine:Dordogne (24)
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