Les Combarelles

Les Combarelles is a cave in , , , which was inhabited by Cro-Magnon people between approximately 13,000 to 11,000 years ago.
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  • Type: Cave
  • Description: cave with prehistoric art in southwestern France
  • Also known as: “Combarelles cave” and “Grotte des Combarelles I”
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Font-de-Gaume and Cro-Magnon rock shelter.

Cave
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is a cave near Les Eyzies in the department of south-west . is situated 1½ km southwest of Les Combarelles.

Archaeological site
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Cro-Magnon is an Aurignacian site, located in a rock… is situated 2½ km west of Les Combarelles.

Museum
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The is a French… is situated 2½ km west of Les Combarelles.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sireuil and Peyzac-le-Moustier.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 2½ km east of Les Combarelles.

Village
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is a commune in the … is situated 6 km northeast of Les Combarelles.

Village
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is a commune in the department in in southwestern . is situated 7 km east of Les Combarelles.

Les Combarelles

Latitude
44.9437° or 44° 56′ 37″ north
Longitude
1.04214° or 1° 2′ 32″ east
Elevation
115 metres (377 feet)
Open location code
8FP3W2VR+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3182745261
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­cave_entrance
Geo­Names ID
12495715
Wiki­data ID
Q1487492
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Les Combarelles” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Las Combarèlas”
  • Chinese: “孔巴萊勒岩洞”
  • Chinese: “孔巴萊勒巖洞”
  • Czech: “Combarelles”
  • Czech: “Jeskyně Combarelles”
  • Dutch: “Grottes des Combarelles”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لى كومباريل”
  • Esperanto: “Les Combarelles”
  • French: “grotte des Combarelles I”
  • French: “Grotte des Combarelles”
  • Galician: “Cova de Les Combarelles”
  • German: “Les Combarelles”
  • Hebrew: “מערת לה קומברל”
  • Hungarian: “Les Combarelles”
  • Lithuanian: “Kombarelis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Les Combarelles”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cauna de las Combarelas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Cauna de las Combarèlas”
  • Polish: “Les Combarelles”
  • Portuguese: “Caverna de Les Combarelles”
  • Russian: “Комбарель”
  • Spanish: “Cueva des Combarelles”
  • Turkish: “Les Combarelles”
  • Ukrainian: “Комбарель”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Le Repaire and Les Vignes.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Grotte des Combarelles and Les Combarelles.

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