Village de la Madeleine, Tursac

Name: Village de la Madeleine
Address: Le Petit Marzac, Tursac, France

#1 among attractions in Tursac

Unesco, Top attraction, Prehistoric site

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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. It represents the type site of the Magdalenian culture of the Upper Paleolithic. The Bison Licking Insect Bite, a 20,000 year old carving of exceptional artistic quality, was excavated at the site. The shelter was also occupied during the Middle Ages. The medieval castle of Petit Marsac stands on the top of the cliff just above the shelter. An engraved bone rod from the cave, depicting a lioness licking the opening of either a gigantic human penis or a vulva, shows the first documented act of bestiality. ()

Local name: Abri de la Madeleine Unesco: from 1979Coordinates: 44°58'6"N, 1°1'58"E

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Le Petit MarzacTursac France

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Village de la Madeleine – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Château de Commarque, Font-de-Gaume, Cro-Magnon rock shelter, Grotte de Rouffignac.

3.8 miSE
Historic castle in serene surrounds
Château de Commarque, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
98 min walk • The Château de Commarque is a hillside castle located between Sarlat and Les Eyzies, in the commune of Les Eyzies in the Dordogne department in southern France. It stands on a rocky outcrop in the valley of the river La Beune in the Vézère valley region.
2.3 miS
Site of prehistoric cave paintings
Font-de-Gaume, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
58 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.
2.2 miSW
Archaeological site
Cro-Magnon rock shelter, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
57 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.
3.6 miNW
Natural attraction, Park, Cave
Grotte de Rouffignac, Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac
91 min walk • 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.
1.8 miS
, Museum, Natural attraction
Les Combarelles, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
46 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.
2.2 miNE
Prehistoric site
Roque Saint-Christophe, Peyzac-le-Moustier
56 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.
2.3 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum, Historical place
Abri Pataud, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
60 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.
2.2 miNE
Cave and archaeological site
Le Moustier
57 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...
2.4 miSW
Forts and castles
Château de Tayac, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
62 min walk • The Château de Tayac is a castle in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne département of France.
1.3 miNE
Forts and castles, Historical place, History museum
Maison forte de Reignac, Tursac
35 min walk • The Maison forte de Reignac is a château in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It is built into the rock face.
2.2 miSW
, Archaeological site
Laugerie-Basse
56 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.