Chauvet Cave and Pont d'Arc

UNESCO World Heritage

Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc (Chauvet Cave), Ardèche

World Heritage since

2014

The world's oldest known figurative cave paintings, around 36,000 years old: lions, rhinoceroses, mammoths and horses painted in charcoal. The cave was discovered in 1994 and is closed to the public.

Visit: The replica Grotte Chauvet 2 in Vallon-Pont-d’Arc recreates the cave at full scale. Combine it with the natural arch of Pont d’Arc over the River Ardèche.

• UNESCO: Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc (Chauvet Cave), Ardèche
• Grotte Chauvet 2

Nearby

• Orange43 km · The best-preserved Roman theatre
• Pont du Gard51 km · A wonder of the ancient world
• Avignon59 km · The Papal Palace and the bridge
• Nîmes62 km · Roman arena and temple
• Causse Méjean and the Cévennes76 km · Shepherding landscape and deep gorges
• Arles82 km · A Roman arena and Van Gogh's town
• Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert100 km · An abbey village in the Hérault gorge
• Pézenas130 km · Molière's town

Links

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