Grotte de Roque Saint Christophe

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Grotte de Roque Saint Christophe

Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Halfway between Les Eyzies and Montignac, in one of the most beautiful landscapes of the Périgord, the enormous cliff of La Roque Saint-Christophe rises sheer above the Vézère. These natural cavities were occupied by man in Prehistory (55,000 years ago) then modified to become a fort and a town in the Middle Ages until the early Renaissance. In the heart of the Vézère valley, classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, between the world capital of Prehistory and the Lascaux Cave, in the commune of Peyzac-le-Moustier.

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