Grotte de Rouffignac, Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac

Name: Grotte de Rouffignac
Address: Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac, France
Telephone: +33 5 53 05 41 71

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Grotte de Rouffignac, Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac

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The Rouffignac cave, in the French commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the Dordogne département, contains over 250 engravings and cave paintings dating back to the Upper Paleolithic. In conjunction with other caves and abris of the Vézère valley, the Rouffignac cave was classified a Monument historique in 1957 and a world heritage site in 1979 by UNESCO as part of the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley. ()

Alternative names: Unesco: from 1979Elevation: 768 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 45°0'32"N, 0°59'16"E

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Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac France

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+33 5 53 05 41 71

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Grotte de Rouffignac – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Village de la Madeleine, Font-de-Gaume, Cro-Magnon rock shelter, Les Combarelles.

3.6 miSE
, Prehistoric site
Village de la Madeleine, Tursac
91 min walk • The archaeological site Abri de la Madeleine is a rock shelter under an overhanging cliff situated near Tursac, in the Dordogne département of the Aquitaine Région of South-Western France.
5.4 miS
Site of prehistoric cave paintings
Font-de-Gaume, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
139 min walk • Font-de-Gaume is a cave near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne départment of south-west France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome cave paintings and engravings dating to the Magdalenian period.
4.8 miS
Archaeological site
Cro-Magnon rock shelter, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
124 min walk • Cro-Magnon is an Aurignacian site, located in a rock shelter at Les Eyzies, a hamlet in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, southwestern France.
5.2 miSE
, Museum, Natural attraction
Les Combarelles, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
134 min walk • Les Combarelles is a cave in Les Eyzies de Tayac, Dordogne, France, which was inhabited by Cro-Magnon people between approximately 13,000 to 11,000 years ago.
3.9 miE
Prehistoric site
Roque Saint-Christophe, Peyzac-le-Moustier
101 min walk • The Roque Saint-Christophe is a big rock formation with Rock shelters at the river Vézère, near Peyzac-le-Moustier in the Dordogne. It is located near the route D706 from Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, at Tursac in the Dordogne in Aquitania, France.
5 miS
Specialty museum, Museum, Historical place
Abri Pataud, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
129 min walk • L'Abri Pataud, or the Pataud Shelter in English, is a prehistoric site found in the middle of the village Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in Dordogne, Aquitaine, southwestern France.
3.6 miE
Cave and archaeological site
Le Moustier
93 min walk • Nestled in the verdant Vézère Valley of southwestern France, Le Moustier is a prehistoric site of exceptional significance. Renowned for its rich archaeological deposits, the site provides an invaluable window into the lives of Neanderthals, who inhabited the area...
5.2 miS
Forts and castles
Château de Tayac, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
132 min walk • The Château de Tayac is a castle in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne département of France.
5 miN
Forts and castles, Gothic architecture
Château de l'Herm, Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac
127 min walk • Château de l'Herm is a castle in the commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the départment of Dordogne in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France. Construction took place between 1500 and 1520 by Jean de Calvimont in the Forêt Barade. Jean de Calvimont was in the Bordeaux parliament and ambassador of Francis I to Spain.
3.9 miSE
Forts and castles, Historical place, History museum
Maison forte de Reignac, Tursac
99 min walk • The Maison forte de Reignac is a château in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is built into the rock face.
4.2 miS
, Archaeological site
Laugerie-Basse
107 min walk • Laugerie-Basse is an important Upper Paleolithic archaeological site within the territory of the French commune Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in Dordogne. It is known for several works of art from the Magdalenian.