Karst cave.
Maison du Tourisme à l'Hospitalet, Hôtel de Ville, Tel: +33-565336259, Fax: +33-565337414, Email:
| Location: | In L'Hospitalet/Rocamadour, just 100m from Hospitalet's tourist office. |
| Open: | APR to JUN daily 10-12, 14-18, JUL to AUG daily 9-19, SEP to 15-NOV 10-12, 14-18. [2004] |
| Fee: | |
| Classification: |
Karst cave.
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| Light: | electric. |
| Dimension: | L=60m. |
| Guided tours: | D=35min. |
| Bibliography: | |
| Address: |
Grotte Prehistorique des Merveilles, Tel./Fax: +33-565336792. Maison du Tourisme à l'Hospitalet, Hôtel de Ville, Tel: +33-565336259, Fax: +33-565337414, Email: |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/10/09 18:29:59 $ |
| 16-OCT-1920 | discovered. | |
| 16-MAY-1925 | classified a Monument Historique (historic monument). |
The Grotte Prehistorique des Merveilles contains 20,000 years old (Magdalenien) prehistoric paintings. The paintings show a horse, stags and six outlines of human hands.
The cave was named after its speleothems, which look like local pastries known in the region as merveilles (wonders).
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