JUL to AUG daily 9-19.
SEP to 15-NOV daily 10-11:30, 14-17.
Karst cave.
N. Casteret (1961): Ma vie souterraine, Mémoirs d'un spéléologue. Flammarion, Paris, 333 p.
| Location: | 40 km south of Périgueux, 10 km south west of Les Eyzies. |
| Open: |
Last Sunday in March to JUN daily 10-11:30, 14-17. JUL to AUG daily 9-19. SEP to 15-NOV daily 10-11:30, 14-17. |
| Fee: | |
| Classification: |
Karst cave.
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| Light: | electric. |
| Dimension: | |
| Guided tours: | L=116m. |
| Bibliography: |
A. Glory (1955):
Bara-Bahau,
Le Bugue-sur Vézère (Dorgne).
[no publisher] 20pp N. Casteret (1961): Ma vie souterraine, Mémoirs d'un spéléologue. Flammarion, Paris, 333 p. |
| Address: | Grotte de Bara-Bahau, Proumeyssac, BP7, 24260 Le Bugue sur Véz?re, Tel: +33-553072747, Fax: +33-553547503 |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:22:40 $ |
| 1951 | visited by Norbert Casteret. | |
| 1952 | opened to the public. |
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Hollowed out by a vanished underground river and dominating the Vézère valley, the Bara-Bahau Cave was first inhabited by bears, which left many traces of their occupation. Then man in turn took possession 17,000 years ago, turning the cave into a shelter with an inner chamber and sanctuary. The entrance chamber has been known for centuries. It was visited by lovers, walkers and vagrants and known as the Cave of Etchings. It was not until 1951 that the famous French caver, Norbert Casteret and his daughter Maud, visited the cave and discovered the prehistoric art treasures it concealed. Bara-Bahau Cave is one of the richest repositories of Magdalenian art. Horses, bison, aurochs, deer, bears, human hands and enigmatic signs have been sketched by stone age man with using only a flint tool. The cave is scheduled as a National Monument. Text by Tony Oldham (2002). With kind permission. |
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