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Cave of the Trois-Frères
43.0311° N, 1.2083° E
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The Cave of the Trois-Frères is a cave in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings. It is located in Montesquieu-Avantès, in the Ariège département. The cave is named for three brothers (French: trois frères, pronounced [tʁwɑ fʁɛʁ]), Max, Jacques, and Louis Begouën, who, along with their father Comte Henri Begouën, discovered it in 1914. The drawings of the cave were made famous in the publications of the Abbé Henri Breuil. The cave art appears to date to approximately 13,000 BC.
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Cave art dating
c. 13,000 BC
Discovery of Tuc d'Audoubert
1912
Discovery of Trois-Frères
1914
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