Padirac Cave
The Padirac Chasm is a cave located near Gramat, in the Lot department, Occitanie region, France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lviatour, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Cave
- Description: pit cave
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Julien de Padirac and Église Saint-Martin de Miers.
Église Saint-Julien de Padirac
Church
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Église Saint-Julien de Padirac is a church, which is situated 2 km south of Padirac Cave.
Église Saint-Martin de Miers
Church
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Église Saint-Martin de Miers is a church, which is situated 3½ km west of Padirac Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Loubressac and Autoire.
Loubressac
Village
Loubressac is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. It is also in the Causse de Gramat, the largest and wildest of the four Causses du Quercy. Its inhabitants are called Loubressacois or Loubressacoises. Loubressac is situated 4½ km east of Padirac Cave.
Autoire
Village
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Autoire is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France. Autoire is situated 6 km east of Padirac Cave.
Gramat
Village
Photo: Kickray, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gramat is a commune in the Lot department in south-western France. Gramat station has rail connections to Brive-la-Gaillarde, Figeac and Rodez. Gramat is situated 9 km south of Padirac Cave.
Padirac Cave
- Categories: pit cave, show cave, tourism, tourist attraction, and landform
- Location: Padirac, Arrondissement of Gourdon, Lot, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.8582° or 44° 51′ 30″ northLongitude
1.7504° or 1° 45′ 1″ eastElevation
354 metres (1,161 feet)Open location code
8FP3VQ52+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 298347560OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Padirac Cave” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Padiraceko leizea”
- Catalan: “Gouffre de Padirac”
- Cebuano: “Gouffre de Padirac”
- Czech: “Padirac”
- Czech: “Propast Padirac”
- Danish: “Padiracgrotten”
- Dutch: “Gouffre de Padirac”
- Dutch: “Grotten van Padirac”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف باديراك”
- French: “gouffre de Padirac”
- French: “Gouffre de Padirac”
- French: “puits de Padirac”
- German: “Gouffre de Padirac”
- Italian: “Abisso di Padirac”
- Italian: “Gouffre di Padirac”
- Italian: “grotte di Padirac”
- Japanese: “パディラックの洞窟”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cròs de Padirac”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gorg de Padirac”
- Polish: “Gouffre de Padirac”
- Romanian: “Avenul din Padirac”
- Spanish: “Gouffre de padirac”
- Spanish: “Gouffre de Padirac”
- Vietnamese: “Hang Padirac”
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