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17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
5,70€ adult. 4,10€ child. Provide a warm clothing. Ticket office at the entrance of the cave. Free entrance.
September 2022
Saturday 17
10:00 - 11:30
14:00 - 17:00
Sunday 18
10:00 - 11:30
14:00 - 17:00

Grotte de Rouffignac

Grotte de Rouffignac, 24580 Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilahc
  • Dordogne
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Guided tour of the prehistoric cave

Discover an authentic cave and its prehistoric art, accompanied by a guide!
17 and 18 September 2022Passed
Conditions
5,70€ adult. 4,10€ child. Provide a warm clothing. Ticket office at the entrance of the cave. Free entrance.
©Jean Plassard - Grotte de Rouffignac

Discover an authentic cave and its prehistoric art, accompanied by a guide!

The conference visit, which lasts about 1 hour, takes the visitor one kilometre from the entrance to the cave. It is an opportunity to discover a cave with exceptional dimensions for the Périgord, first frequented by the bear, whose traces are omnipresent, then by Magdalenian artists, nearly 17,000 years ago. The latter dispersed in the galleries 250 animal figures among which the mammoths dominate. Indeed, this species, usually secondary in the art of caves, is 170 times represented in the cave of Rouffignac, relegating bison, horse, ibex and woolly rhinoceros to the background.
The tour takes place on an electric train.

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thème 2022
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About the location

Grotte de Rouffignac
Grotte de Rouffignac, 24580 Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilahc
  • Dordogne
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine
One of the biggest(greatest) known adorned caves. Together of 260 drawings and Magdalenian engravings (15 000 years), place of hibernation of the bears. Scratch and nests of bear in large numbers.
Tags
Site archéologique, Monument historique
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