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Font-de-Gaume
44.9369° N, 1.0267° E
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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.
Historical Timeline
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Discovery of cave paintings
12 September 1901
Creation of paintings
c. 17,000 BC
Initial settlement
c. 25,000 BC
T. S. Eliot visit
August 1919
Frieze found during cleaning
1966
UNESCO inscription
1979
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