Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
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The Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, is a prehistoric cave in southern France famed for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings, some of the oldest known in the world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche canonical | 2 |
| Decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche Context triple: [Ardèche, UNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche]
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A.
Grotte de Pech Merle
Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.
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B.
Grotte de Mas d’Azil
Grotte de Mas d’Azil is a large prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its Paleolithic and Azilian archaeological remains and dramatic natural tunnel traversed by a road and river.
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C.
Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
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D.
Grotte de la Madeleine
Grotte de la Madeleine is a famous show cave in southern France known for its impressive limestone formations and underground chambers along the Gorges de l’Ardèche.
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E.
Grotte de l’Aven Noir
Grotte de l’Aven Noir is a spectacular limestone cave in southern France known for its vast underground chambers, impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations, and guided speleological tours.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche Target entity description: The Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, is a prehistoric cave in southern France famed for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings, some of the oldest known in the world.
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A.
Grotte de Pech Merle
Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.
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B.
Grotte de Mas d’Azil
Grotte de Mas d’Azil is a large prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its Paleolithic and Azilian archaeological remains and dramatic natural tunnel traversed by a road and river.
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C.
Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
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D.
Grotte de la Madeleine
Grotte de la Madeleine is a famous show cave in southern France known for its impressive limestone formations and underground chambers along the Gorges de l’Ardèche.
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E.
Grotte de l’Aven Noir
Grotte de l’Aven Noir is a spectacular limestone cave in southern France known for its vast underground chambers, impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations, and guided speleological tours.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric decorated cave ⓘ |
| accessPolicy | closed to the general public ⓘ |
| associatedCulture |
Aurignacian
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Gravettian ⓘ |
| contains |
Paleolithic human footprints
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Paleolithic parietal art ⓘ cave bear remains ⓘ charcoal drawings ⓘ charcoal fragments ⓘ engravings ⓘ hearths ⓘ red ochre paintings ⓘ |
| containsDepictionOf |
abstract signs
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bears ⓘ bison ⓘ horses ⓘ human hand stencils ⓘ lions ⓘ mammoths ⓘ rhinoceroses ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| discoveredBy |
Christian Hillaire
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Jean-Marie Chauvet ⓘ Eliette Brunel-Deschamps ⓘ
surface form:
Éliette Brunel-Deschamps
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| discoveryDate | 1994-12-18 ⓘ |
| earliestArtDateApprox | around 36,000 years ago ⓘ |
| geologicalFormation | limestone cave ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| hasReplica |
Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave
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surface form:
Caverne du Pont-d’Arc (Chauvet 2)
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| hasSignificance |
contains some of the oldest known figurative cave paintings in the world
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exceptional state of preservation ⓘ |
| laterArtDateApprox | around 30,000 years ago ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Ardèche department
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Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ Southern France ⓘ
surface form:
southern France
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| locatedOn | left bank of the Ardèche River ⓘ |
| management | French Ministry of Culture ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jean-Marie Chauvet ⓘ |
| near |
Pont d’Arc natural stone arch
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surface form:
Pont d’Arc natural bridge
Gorges de l’Ardèche ⓘ
surface form:
Vallon-Pont-d’Arc
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| period | Upper Paleolithic ⓘ |
| reasonForRestrictedAccess | protection of fragile paintings and microclimate ⓘ |
| researchField |
Paleolithic art studies
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prehistoric archaeology ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
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(iii) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 2014 ⓘ |
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Subject: Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche Description of subject: The Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, is a prehistoric cave in southern France famed for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings, some of the oldest known in the world.
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Ardèche
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UNESCOWorldHeritageSite
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Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
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Ardèche department
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hasUNESCOSite
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Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
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this entity surface form:
Decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc
World Heritage Sites in France
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includesSite
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Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
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