Vézère Valley

E382098
prehistoric archaeological region valley

The Vézère Valley is a region in southwestern France renowned for its exceptionally rich concentration of prehistoric cave art and archaeological sites, including the famous Lascaux Cave.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Vézère Valley canonical 5
Vézère valley 2
Vézère (French) 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf prehistoric archaeological region ⓘ
valley ⓘ
altName Vézère River ⓘ
surface form: Vallée de la Vézère

Vallée de l’Homme ⓘ
contains Abri de Cap Blanc ⓘ
Abri du Poisson ⓘ
Font-de-Gaume ⓘ
La Roque Saint-Christophe ⓘ
surface form: La Ferrassie

La Madeleine rock shelter ⓘ
La Micoque ⓘ
Lascaux cave ⓘ
surface form: Lascaux Cave

Lascaux IV ⓘ
surface form: Lascaux II

Lascaux IV ⓘ
Le Moustier ⓘ
Les Combarelles ⓘ
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil ⓘ
Lascaux cave ⓘ
surface form: Montignac-Lascaux

Pech Merle (regional context often distinguished) ⓘ
Combarelles Cave ⓘ
surface form: Rouffignac Cave

Vézac ⓘ
surface form: Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère

Sergeac ⓘ
Tursac ⓘ
Valojoulx ⓘ
open-air prehistoric sites ⓘ
prehistoric decorated caves ⓘ
prehistoric rock shelters ⓘ
country France ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfDecoratedCaves about 25 decorated caves ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfSites about 150 prehistoric sites ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasMuseum Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil ⓘ
surface form: National Museum of Prehistory (Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil)
heritageDesignation Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley ⓘ
knownFor Aurignacian culture remains ⓘ
Cro-Magnon remains (regional context) ⓘ
Gravettian ⓘ
surface form: Gravettian culture remains

Magdalenian ⓘ
surface form: Magdalenian culture remains

Neanderthal fossils ⓘ
Paleolithic archaeology ⓘ
Solutrean archaeological culture ⓘ
surface form: Solutrean culture remains

prehistoric cave art ⓘ
languageRegion French ⓘ
locatedIn Dordogne department ⓘ
Nouvelle-Aquitaine ⓘ
Périgord ⓘ
surface form: Périgord Noir

southwestern France ⓘ
majorSettlement Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil ⓘ
Lascaux cave ⓘ
surface form: Montignac-Lascaux
namedAfter Vézère River ⓘ
partOf Périgord ⓘ
surface form: Dordogne Valley prehistoric region
periodOfSignificance Lower Paleolithic ⓘ
Middle Paleolithic ⓘ
Upper Paleolithic ⓘ
tourismType archaeological tourism ⓘ
cultural tourism ⓘ
heritage tourism ⓘ
traversedBy Vézère River ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 85 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType Cultural ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Dordogne → associatedWith → Vézère Valley ⓘ
Périgord → contains → Vézère Valley ⓘ
Vézère River → valley → Vézère Valley ⓘ
Vézère River → hasNameInLanguage → Vézère Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vézère (French)
Dordogne department → contains → Vézère Valley ⓘ
Lascaux cave → locatedIn → Vézère Valley ⓘ
subject surface form: Lascaux
Sarlat-la-Canéda → hasNearbyAttraction → Vézère Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vézère valley
Uzerche → landscapeFeature → Vézère Valley ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vézère valley