8Lascaux Cave

The Lascaux Cave is situated in the Dordogne region of southwestern France. It’s known to be over 20,000 years old and has Palaeolithic cave paintings which are famous for its spectacular quality, size and antiquity. The cave paintings mainly depict large animals that were native to the region.

The complex cave was opened to the public till 1963 and was visited by 1500 people per day. But it was closed down since the carbon dioxide from human breath began to damage the prehistoric paintings of the painted cave.

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