Font-de-Gaume
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Font-de-Gaume is a cave near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne department of south-west France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome cave paintings and engravings dating to the Magdalenian period. Discovered in 1901, more than 200 images have been identified in Font-de-Gaume. Along with other nearby prehistoric archeological sites, Font-de-Gaume was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 as the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley.
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Avenue des Grottes, Les Eyzies
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| Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|
| N 44.936944444444 ° | E 1.0266666666667 ° |
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Avenue des Grottes 4
24620 Les Eyzies (Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil)
Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
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