| Location: |
Near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac.
1km from the centre of Eyzies on the left side of the Beune valley.
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| Open: |
MAR Thu-Tue 9:30-12 14-17:30,
APR-SEP Thu-Tue 9-12 14-18,
OCT Thu-Tue 9:30-12 14-17:30,
NOV-FEB Thu-Tue 10-12 14-17.
Closed 01-JAN, 01-NOV, 11-NOV, 25-DEC.
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| Fee: |
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| Classification: |
 Karst cave,
painted.
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| Light: |
electric.
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| Dimension: |
L=400m.
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| Guided tours: |
D=40min.
Only 200 visitors per day, reservation necessary!
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| Bibliography: |
Pierre Fanlac (1973):
Font-de-Gaume en Périgord,
63 pp illus. Pierre Fanlac Editeur, Périgueux.
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| Address: |
Grotte de Font-de-Gaume, BP 7, 24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Tel: +33-553068600, Fax: +33-553352618
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| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:22:46 $ |
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| 19th | century the cave may have been known and used. |
| 12-SEP-1901 | discovered by Denis Peyrony, a teacher from Les Eyzies. |
There are many polychrome paintings and some engravings.
The 240 figures show 80 bisons, which are the dominant motive.
Most other pictures are also animals, 40 mammoths, 23 horses, 17 reindeers and
deer, eight primitive cow, four goats, a wolf, a bear, and two rhinoceroses.
More interesting, but less frequent, are four hand outlines and 19 geometric
figures.
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