Font-de-Gaume

Font-de-Gaume cave

Font-de-Gaume
Cliff at Font-de-Gaume
Location in France Show map of Aquitaine Font-de-Gaume (France) Show map of France
Location	near Eyzies-de-Tayac,
Region	Dordogne, France
Coordinates	44°56′13″N 1°1′36″E / 44.93694°N 1.02667°E / 44.93694; 1.02667
History
Cultures	Magdalenian
Site notes
Excavation dates	1901,
Archaeologists	Denis Peyrony
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Font de Gaume
Part of	Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
Criteria	Cultural: (i), (iii)
Reference	85-003
Inscription	1979 (3rd Session)
Area	5.216 ha (561,400 sq ft)

Font-de-Gaume is a cave near Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in the Dordogne department of south-west France. The cave contains prehistoric polychrome cave paintings and engravings dating to the Magdalenian period. Discovered in 1901, more than 200 images have been identified in Font-de-Gaume. Along with other nearby prehistoric archeological sites, Font-de-Gaume was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 as the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley.^[1]