Guided tour of a cave dating from the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic

Name: Guided tour of a cave dating from the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic
Start: 2023-09-16T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:30:00+02:00
Location: Grotte de Pair-non-Pair

Evoking prehistory for the general public, it is the landscapes of Dordogne that emerge, not those of the Gironde. And yet… It is of course the town of Prignac-et-Marcamps that is so...

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

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Evoking prehistory for the general public, it is the landscapes of Dordogne that emerge, not those of the Gironde. And yet… The town of Prignac-et-Marcamps is the only decorated cave in the department! The engravings in it are almost 32,000 years old, dating back to the Aurignacian era.
Discover the Pair-non-Pair cave, one of the oldest decorated caves in the world.

About the location

Grotte de Pair-non-Pair

2 chemin de Pair-non-Pair, 33710 Prignac-et-Marcamps

Gironde
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Pair-non-Pair is one of the most remarkable decorated caves belonging to the beginning of the Upper Palaeolithic (from 33000 to 26000 BC). His engraved bestiary (horses, ibex, deer, mammoths, cattle) is enriched with an exceptional representation of megaceramics.