Caves of Gargas
The Caves of Gargas in the Pyrenees region of France are known for their cave art from the Upper Paleolithic period - about 27,000 years old. The caves are open to the public.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in France
- Also known as: “cave of Gargas”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Pierre de Tibiran and Église Saint-Pierre de Mazères-de-Neste.
Église Saint-Pierre de Tibiran
Church
Photo: Patrice Bon, CC0.
Église Saint-Pierre de Tibiran is a church, which is situated 1 km southeast of Caves of Gargas.
Église Saint-Pierre de Mazères-de-Neste
Church
Photo: Sotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Saint-Pierre de Mazères-de-Neste is a church, which is situated 2 km north of Caves of Gargas.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Jaunac
Church
Photo: Patrice Bon, CC0.
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Jaunac is a church, which is situated 1½ km east of Caves of Gargas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tibiran-Jaunac and Mazères-de-Neste.
Tibiran-Jaunac
Village
Photo: Patrice Bon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tibiran-Jaunac is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Mazères-de-Neste
Village
Photo: Sotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mazères-de-Neste is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.
Saint-Laurent-de-Neste
Village
Photo: France64160, CC0.
Saint-Laurent-de-Neste is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France. Saint-Laurent-de-Neste is situated 5 km northwest of Caves of Gargas.
Caves of Gargas
- Categories: cave with prehistoric art, show cave, and landform
- Location: Aventignan, Arrondissement of Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
43.05557° or 43° 3′ 20″ northLongitude
0.53629° or 0° 32′ 11″ eastElevation
491 metres (1,611 feet)Open location code
8FM23G4P+6GOpenStreetMap ID
node 3130765403OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entrance
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Caves of Gargas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف غارغاس”
- Catalan: “Coves de Gargas”
- Catalan: “Espelugas de Gargàs”
- Cebuano: “Grotte de Gargas”
- Chinese: “加尔加斯洞穴”
- Dutch: “cave of Gargas”
- Dutch: “Gargasgrotten”
- French: “grotte de Gargas”
- French: “grotte des mains mutilées”
- French: “grottes de Gargas”
- French: “Grottes de Gargas”
- Galician: “Cova de Gargas”
- Galician: “Gruta de Gargas”
- German: “Grottes de Gargas”
- German: “Höhle von Gargas”
- Italian: “grotte di Gargas”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Espeluga de Gargàs”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Espelugas de Gargàs”
- Polish: “Gargas”
- Portuguese: “Caverna de Gargas”
- Spanish: “Gruta de Gargas”
- Spanish: “Grutas de Gargas”
- Turkish: “Gargas Mağaraları”
- Vietnamese: “cave of Gargas”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Caves of Gargas”. Photo: bibliothequedetoulouse, Public domain.