Venus of Laussel

#1532 among destinations in France

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The Venus of Laussel is an 18.11-inch-high limestone bas-relief of a nude woman. It is painted with red ochre and was carved into the limestone of a rock shelter in the commune of Marquay, in the Dordogne department of south-western France. The carving is associated with the Gravettian Upper Paleolithic culture. It is currently displayed in the Musée d'Aquitaine in Bordeaux, France. ()

Local name: Vénus de Laussel Coordinates: 44°56'50"N, 1°6'25"E

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Venus of Laussel – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

0.5 miSW
Historic castle in serene surrounds
Château de Commarque, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
12 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.
3.9 miW
, Prehistoric site
Village de la Madeleine, Tursac
100 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.
3.9 miW
Site of prehistoric cave paintings
Font-de-Gaume, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
101 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 miW
Archaeological site
Cro-Magnon rock shelter, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
122 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.
3.2 miW
, Museum, Natural attraction
Les Combarelles, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
81 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.
3.6 miNW
Prehistoric site
Roque Saint-Christophe, Peyzac-le-Moustier
93 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.
4.7 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, Historical place
Abri Pataud, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
120 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.
4 miNW
Cave and archaeological site
Le Moustier
102 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...
4.6 miW
Forts and castles
Château de Tayac, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
118 min walk • The Château de Tayac is a castle in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne département of France.
3.1 miSE
Forts and castles, History museum, Museum
Château de Puymartin, Sarlat-la-Canéda
79 min walk • The Château de Puymartin is a castle in the commune of Marquay, in the Dordogne département of France, located between Sarlat and Les...
2.1 miSE
Vernacular architecture
Les Cabanes du Breuil, Saint-André-d'Allas
53 min walk • The designation Cabanes du Breuil is applied to the former agricultural dependencies of a farm located at the place known as Calpalmas at Saint-André-d'Allas, in the Dordogne department in France.