Lascaux cave

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archaeological site cave replica museum and replica complex prehistoric cave site tourist attraction travelling exhibition

Lascaux cave is a famous prehistoric site in southwestern France renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings, especially depictions of large animals.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Lascaux Cave 5
Montignac-Lascaux 3
Centre International de l’Art Pariétal Montignac-Lascaux 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
cave replica ⓘ
museum and replica complex ⓘ
prehistoric cave site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
travelling exhibition ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Magdalenian ⓘ
artTechnique blowing pigment ⓘ
engraving ⓘ
mineral pigments ⓘ
closedToPublic 1963 ⓘ
country France ⓘ
culturalPeriod Upper Palaeolithic ⓘ
surface form: Upper Paleolithic
depicts abstract signs ⓘ
aurochs ⓘ
bison ⓘ
deer ⓘ
horses ⓘ
ibex ⓘ
discoveredBy Georges Agnel ⓘ
Jacques Marsal ⓘ
Marcel Ravidat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Robot the dog ⓘ
Simon Coencas ⓘ
discoveryDate 12 September 1940 ⓘ
estimatedAgeYearsBP approximately 17,000 years ⓘ
firstScientificStudyBy Henri Breuil ⓘ
surface form: Abbé Breuil

Henri Breuil ⓘ
hasReplica Lascaux cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lascaux II

Lascaux III ⓘ
Lascaux IV ⓘ
knownFor Paleolithic cave paintings ⓘ
depictions of large animals ⓘ
parietal art ⓘ
locatedIn Dordogne department ⓘ
Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
surface form: Nouvelle-Aquitaine region

Vézère Valley ⓘ
southwestern France ⓘ
locatedNear Montignac ⓘ
Lascaux cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: original Lascaux cave
management French Ministry of Culture ⓘ
notableArtwork Apse ⓘ
Axial Gallery ⓘ
Lascaux cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hall of the Bulls

Nave ⓘ
Shaft Scene ⓘ
officialName Lascaux cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Centre International de l’Art Pariétal Montignac-Lascaux
openedToPublic 1948 ⓘ
1983 ⓘ
partOf Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley ⓘ
protectionStatus restricted access to original cave ⓘ
reasonForClosure algal growth ⓘ
damage from visitors ⓘ
fungal growth ⓘ
significance key site for study of Paleolithic art ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dordogne → associatedWith → Lascaux cave ⓘ
Grotte de Niaux → comparedWith → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lascaux Cave
Périgord → contains → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lascaux Cave
Vézère River → flowsThrough → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lascaux area
Vézère River → near → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lascaux Cave
Vézère River → near → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montignac-Lascaux
Dordogne department → contains → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lascaux Cave
Lascaux cave → hasReplica → Lascaux cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Lascaux
this entity surface form: Lascaux II
Lascaux cave → locatedNear → Lascaux cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Lascaux II
this entity surface form: original Lascaux cave
Lascaux cave → officialName → Lascaux cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Lascaux IV
this entity surface form: Centre International de l’Art Pariétal Montignac-Lascaux
Lascaux cave → notableArtwork → Lascaux cave self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Lascaux
this entity surface form: Hall of the Bulls
Aquitanian culture → associatedWithSite → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lascaux caves
Vézère Valley → contains → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lascaux Cave
Vézère Valley → contains → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montignac-Lascaux
Vézère Valley → majorSettlement → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Montignac-Lascaux
Magdalenian → hasSite → Lascaux cave ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lascaux