🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Pech Merle Cave
Gravettian to Solutrean ~29–20 ka BP · Gravettian hunter-gatherer
Quercy cave with Spotted Horses and 307 hand stencils, 25 ka Gravettian masterpiece.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Lascaux Cave
Upper Paleolithic (Solutrean/Magdalenian, ~17,000–15,000 BCE) · Cro-Magnon hunter-gatherer (Magdalenian)
Sealed Upper Paleolithic cave on the Vézère renowned as the 'Sistine Chapel of Prehistory' for about 600 parietal paintings and nearly 1,500 engravings executed with astonishing naturalism.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Lascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Lascaux Hall of Bulls Frieze South Panel in Dordogne, Lascaux, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Lascaux — Ancillary Gallery Cheval Tache (Dordogne)
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Lascaux — Ancillary Gallery Cheval Tache (Dordogne) in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Dordogne, Montignac, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 C…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Font-de-Gaume Cave
Magdalenian ~17–14 ka BP · Magdalenian
Vézère polychrome gallery with 230 Magdalenian figures, last original painted cave open to public.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Rouffignac Cave
Magdalenian ~13 ka BP · Magdalenian
8 km mammoth gallery with 158 manganese woolly-mammoth figures and children's finger fluting.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Moor Bal Petroglyph Field
Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) · Yayoi
Moor Bal Petroglyph Field in Occitanie, France is a Yayoi (300 BCE–300 CE) rock art attributed to Yayoi culture.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Abri du Pape at Brassempouy
Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) · Gravettian / Noailles
Rock shelter at Brassempouy, Landes, famous for Gravettian occupation (29,000–22,000 BP) yielding the Dame de Brassempouy ivory Venus (23,000 BP) and eight other ivory figurines, with rich Gravettian…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Chauvet Panel of Horses Central Wall
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Chauvet Panel of Horses Central Wall in Ardèche, Chauvet, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Pech Merle Spotted Horses Panel Central
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Pech Merle Spotted Horses Panel Central in Lot, Pech Merle, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Gavrinis — North Face Ancillary Tablet Cache
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Palaeolithic to Iron Age
Gavrinis — North Face Ancillary Tablet Cache in Brittany, Morbihan, Larmor-Baden, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art at…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Cosquer Cave
Gravettian–Solutrean ~27–19 ka BP · Gravettian–Solutrean coastal
Submerged 27 ka painted cave 37 m under Mediterranean with great-auk and hand stencils.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Niaux Cave
Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian ~14–13 ka BP · Magdalenian hunter-gatherer
Magdalenian Salon Noir cave with 14 ka charcoal bison and ibex deep in the Ariège Pyrenees.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Les Combarelles Cave
Mid–Late Magdalenian ~14–12 ka BP · Magdalenian
Dense 600-figure engraved gallery opposite Font-de-Gaume, core Magdalenian engraving reference.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Lascaux Hall Extension Panel West
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age
Lascaux Hall Extension Panel West in Dordogne, France is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Bronze Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
News Paper Rock Panel East — Dordogne (Sarlat)
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Iron Age
News Paper Rock Panel East in Dordogne, France is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) rock art attributed to Iron Age culture.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Chauvet Lion Panel Annex North in Ardèche, Chauvet Annex, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Cussac Cave Gravettian Panel D
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Cussac Cave Gravettian Panel D in Dordogne, Cussac, France is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Chauvet Cave
Aurignacian, Upper Paleolithic (~37,000–33,000 BCE) · Aurignacian hunter-gatherer
Sealed Aurignacian cave above the Ardèche gorge containing the earliest known figurative art, with over 430 animal representations including woolly rhinoceros, cave lions, panthers and megaloceros…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Cussac Cave
Gravettian ~28–25 ka BP · Gravettian
Sealed 1.6 km Gravettian engraved gallery with 4 m bison and bear nests intact since 25 ka.