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Memories of the world
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Wonders of the depths
Let yourself be surprised! Beyond the authentic and nature shows, the caves of France invite you to discover a multitude of experiences and emotions engraved. Visiting a cave is unusual, surprising, fantastic, unexpected, mysterious, fairy discoveries giving rise to strong emotions and privileged moments to share with family and friends! The caves have not finished surprising you!
Mysterious – Fascinating – Educational Once in the cave, you will discover a strange, extraordinary underground world where water and time reign supreme. Time is measured in centuries. The continuous action of water creates a wide variety of limestone formations known as concretions. The guided tours take you back in time. The Bosc cave, discovered in...
PréhistoSite de Brassempouy - Les grottes du Pape: exhibitions, a cave and an archaeo-park The archeological site, PréhistoSite de Brassempouy - Les grottes du Pape, located 3km from the village of Brassempouy, comprises 4 caves: the grotte du Pape, the grotte des hyènes, the galerie du mégacéros and the abri Dubalen. The Grottes du Pape...
Aven d'Orgnac - Grand Site de France, cave and Cité de la Préhistoire The Aven d'Orgnac - Grand site de France is a major site, located in Ardèche, which includes two distinct entities: the famous cave and the Cité de la Préhistoire. It's a story that begins a hundred million years ago, stretching from the formation of the limestone rock right up...
The prehistoric cave under the sea. Cosquer Méditerranée is the interpretation center and the exhibition space for the Cosquer Cave. The Cosquer Cave is the only known decorated Paleolithic cave to date in Provence, as well as the only known submerged decorated cave in the world. It was discovered in 1985 by a diver, who left his name to it, Henri...
Being a visitor of Dargilan you're captured by the impressive dimensions and the variety of its accentuated natural colored formations. The original entrance, discovered in 1880 by a shepherd who hunted a fox, does not annouce the importance of the rooms which await the visitor. This underground maze, revealed in 1888 by Edouard Alfred Martel and...
Find below the JIGT2022 events, updated regularly, for the International Day of Showaves and Subterranean World 2022 – #JIGT2022. Converging views on Subterranean World Since 2017,...
ANECAT - Grottes de France and its members wish you a merry Christmas and happy new year ! And also, beautiful underground discoveries in France and elsewhere !
France hold an exceptional heritage of natural spaces to discover. With 108 natural caves, France ranks 3rd in the world. The development of the underground environment for visitors aims...
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