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Lascaux caves, located near Montignac, were discovered
in 1940 by four children looking
for their dog which fell in a hole. The caves are made of two
main rooms, "la
Rotonde" and "l'Abside",
and multiple corridors.
The walls of the caves are covered with more than 1500
paintings with bulls, horses,
lions, bears,
rhinoceros, etc. This fantastic
set of paintings is from the paléolithic
area (- 17 000 years).
The caves were opened to the public
in 1948, but due to the great number
of visitors, the carbon dioxyde and humidity started to deteriorate
the paintings. For preservation reasons, the caves were then
closed to visitors in 1963.
In 1983 an
exact copy was opened to public visits,
200m away from the original caves. Two
galleries of paintings were reproduced:
"La Salle des Taureaux" and
"Le Diverticule Axial",
which represent the majority of the Lascaux paintings.
The volume and colours of the paintings have been copied
to the least detail, and the atmosphere
of the caves has been carefully reproduced.
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Rhinoceros
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Horses and deers
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