Scladina

#85 among destinations in Belgium

Museum, Nature, Natural attraction, Cave

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Scladina, or Sclayn Cave, is an archaeological site located in Wallonia in the town of Sclayn, in the Andenne hills in Belgium, where excavations since 1978 have provided the material for an exhaustive collection of over thirteen thousand Mousterian stone artifacts and the fossilized remains of an especially ancient Neanderthal, called the Scladina child were discovered in 1993. ()

Local name: Grotte Scladina Coordinates: 50°29'3"N, 5°1'31"E

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Scladina – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Château de Franc-Waret, Fernelmont Castle, Château du Moisnil, Fort de Maizeret.

3.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Château de Franc-Waret
84 min walk • The Château de Franc-Waret is a château situated in Franc-Waret in the municipality of Fernelmont in the province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. A moat girdles the castle. The castle is adorned by French gardens and an English style garden sprawls over 120 hectares of the palace.
4.6 miN
Forts and castles
Fernelmont Castle
118 min walk • Fernelmont Castle is a fortified farmhouse or château-ferme in Noville-les-Bois in the municipality of Fernelmont, Wallonia, Belgium.
2.6 miSW
Forts and castles
Château du Moisnil, Marche-les-Dames
67 min walk • The Château du Moisnil is a château or manor house of Wallonia, located in the village of Maizeret, municipality of Andenne, province of Namur, Belgium.
2.2 miSW
Forts and castles
Fort de Maizeret
57 min walk • The Fort de Maizeret is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.
4.2 miW
Forts and castles
Fort de Marchovelette
106 min walk • The Fort de Marchovelette is one of nine forts built as part of the fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.
2.7 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Goyet Caves
69 min walk • The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Wallonia in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province, Belgium.
4.6 miS
Monastery
Grandpré Abbey
117 min walk • Grandpré Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Wallonia located at Faulx-les-Tombes, in the province of Namur, Belgium. The only remains of the abbey are the gatehouse and the attached range at the main entrance, the farm buildings and the mill, once powered by the Samson brook, which crosses the site.
4.7 miSW
Forts and castles
Fort d'Andoy
121 min walk • The Fort d'Andoy is one of nine forts built as part of the Fortifications of Namur in the late 19th century in Belgium. It was built between 1888 and 1892 according to the plans of General Henri Alexis Brialmont.
3.3 miE
Art museum, Museum
Musée de la céramique, Andenne
84 min walk • The ceramics museum, located in the Belgian town of Andenne, presents a vast collection of ceramics dating from the Gallo-Roman era to the present day, retracing nearly 2000 years of activity around derle, a high quality white clay found in the...
2.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Tours
Grottes de Goyet, Gesves
72 min walk • The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Wallonia in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province, Belgium.
1.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Bonneville Castle
28 min walk • Bonneville Castle is a stately home in Bonneville in the municipality of Andenne, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. Originally a farmhouse with a 15th-century donjon, it was acquired in 1617 by Jacques de Zualart, who began an extensive rebuilding, the continuance of which ruined his son, Tilmant de Zualart.