Trou de Crouzade

The Trou de la Crouzade, also called the Crouzade cave, opens in a limestone cliff of the Clape massif near Gruissan, in the Aude, through a large porch leading to a 75-metre gallery. It sheltered prehistoric people when the Clape was still an island.

Excavations have uncovered Neanderthal occupation layers 40,000 to 48,000 years old, as well as remains from the late Mousterian to the Chasséen. Discovered in 1866, the cave has been listed as a historic monument since 1928 and is famous for its Azilian painted pebbles, among the first ever identified.

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