Already 4. Do you want to make an effort for our planet? Our must-sees. Our secrets. Our tips. Hiking in Dordogne. Our tours. The markets. Getting around. Eco-responsible tourism. Accessible tourism. Come with your children. Come with your dog. Free entertainment. Valentine's day. It is not uncommon to find a cave with paintings or sculptures dating from Prehistory in Europe, but Lascaux has a variety and countless elements that make it a must for your stay in the Dordogne.
The original decorated cave is closed to the public since in order to preserve his exceptionally rare works. There bull room will impress young and old, open your eyes wide, you will find a prehistoric sign, a painting, an engraving No less than horses will be presented to you and even 1 human representation!
Extremely rare representation in prehistoric art. The Lascaux cave is unique In France! There are certainly many other caves in the country, but none have such sumptuous representations of prehistoric art. In addition, the Montignac-Lascaux cave is the cave which concentrates the most reproductions, it is equivalent to 2 Chauvet and 4 Cosquer!
Don't miss this national monument which makes the Dordogne famous throughout the world. Of the decorated caves discovered in Europe, 40 are recorded in Dordogne! A stone's throw from the Lascaux cave: prehistoric sites, prehistoric caves with paintings, prehistoric caves with engravings, prehistoric shelters with bas-reliefs, the National Museum of Prehistory, the Prehistory Interpretation Center Some of the signs present or its engravings are also found in the caves of Combarelles or Bara-Bahau, but one such concentration is exceptional.
Le facsimile intended to faithfully represent the walls and contours of the prehistoric cave. For this, the Montignac-Lascaux workshops carried out precision work. The hall of the bulls, the axial diverticulum, the nave or the apse could be recreated life-size to make you feel the emotion of discovery! The well, inaccessible in its initial configuration, was reproduced in the Lascaux Workshop to be able to admire the only human representation discovered to date in the Lascaux cave.
