| Location: |
At Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in the Ardèche region.
A7, exit Montélimar or Bollène, up the Ardeche valley to Vallon-Pont d'Arc.
45km from Montélimar.
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| Classification: |
 Karst cave.
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| Dimension: |
L=490m.
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| Bibliography: |
Eliette Brunel Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel Deschamps (1996):
Dawn of Art: The Chauvet Cave, The Oldest Known Paintings in the World.
Harry N Abrams, 1996, Hardcover, 135pp, ISBN: 0810932326.
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Jean Clottes (2003):
Chauvet Cave: The Art of Earliest Times,
University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City; 2003. 225 pages, hardbound. ISBN 0-87480-758-1.
Translated by Paul Bahn from the French La Grotte Chauvet, l'art de origins, Seuil, Paris, 2001.
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| Address: |
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| Last update: | $Date: 2007/12/06 00:40:52 $ |
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| 18-DEC-1994 | discovered by Mr. Jean-Marie Chauvet, Mrs. Eliette Brunel-Deschamps and Mr. Christian Hillaire. |
| 29-DEC-1994 | verification visit, conducted by Jean Clottes, an expert on Paleolithic art. |
| 17-JAN-1995 | the Minister of Culture and Francophony, Jacques Toubon, announced the exceptional archaeological discovery of a decorated cave. |
| 19-JUL-2000 | start of the project to build a reproduction of the cave at La Mathe, parking de l'Ibie. Mr. Jean-Marie Chauvet, Mrs. Eliette Brunel-Deschamps and Mr. Christian Hillaire recveived the honour Chevaliers des Arts. |
The cave is closed to the public.
But a book published by the three discoverers shows the most exciting paintings.
It was translated into many languages and is simply called Grotte Chauvet.
And there is also a very interesting WebSite by Jean Clottes in French and English.
See below for more information.
It some years a reproduction may allow visitors to see the cave, although the original cave will never be open to the public.
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