The Vezere Valley» Vezere Valley Dordogne France http://thevezerevalley.com Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:08:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Cap Blanc Horse http://thevezerevalley.com/prehistoric-art/cap-blanc-horse http://thevezerevalley.com/prehistoric-art/cap-blanc-horse#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:36:52 +0000 admin http://thevezerevalley.com/?p=39 Discovered in 1909 by a team of potholers, the Cave of Cap Blanc contains a unique collection of friezes sculptured in the cave walls. As in Lascaux, Cro-Magnon man had often painted or engraved walls, but here life size forms of horses and bison make the site totally unique, and as a result it has been classified by UNESCO and entered on the list of Human World Heritage sites.

This Rock Sculpture and lots more can be explored on Walking Dordogne’s “Cro Magnon, Romans and Templars” tour 

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]]> http://thevezerevalley.com/prehistoric-art/cap-blanc-horse/feed 0 Commarque http://thevezerevalley.com/vezere-valley-fortified/commarque http://thevezerevalley.com/vezere-valley-fortified/commarque#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:00:05 +0000 admin http://thevezerevalley.com/?p=3 Commarque has been occupied for a very long time, our prehistoric ancestors left numerous traces of their existence. Not far from the site at Commarque, Paleolithic man left two female statuettes known as the Venus of Sireuil and the Venus of Laussel.
On the other side of the valley, in the shelter at Cap Blanc, one can admire a frieze of prehistoric sculptures. Under Commarque Castle there is a cave where Magdalenian man carved animals on the wall, notably a very beautiful life-sized horse (not open to the public).

This Troglodyte and lots more can be explored on Walking Dordogne’s “Cro Magnon, Romans and Templars” tour 

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