Grotte de Bara Bahau - Le Sanctuaire de l'Ours

  • Historic site and monument
  • Caves and shelters containing rock art
  • Archaeology
Route de Bara-Bahau, 24260 Le Bugue
At Le Bugue near Les Eyzies, come and contemplate the prehistoric cave of Bara-Bahau (pronounced "barraba-ou" in Occitan). Discovered in 1951, it presents three ribbons of large engraved animals, horses, bears, reindeer, aurochs, ibexes, dating back 15,000 years. "Ribambelle" because fresco refers rather to paintings and frieze of small engravings. Bara-Bahau, however, displays neither of these.
Engraved on three superimposed levels, the animals diminish in size as one gets closer to the...

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Location

Location

Grotte de Bara Bahau - Le Sanctuaire de l'Ours
Route de Bara-Bahau, 24260 Le Bugue

Spoken languages

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  • French
  • English

Environment

Environment
  • In the country

Access

Access
  • Motorway : A 89
  • Railway station : Le Bugue
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