Arago Cave
Arago Cave is a prehistoric site in the community of Tautavel, in the department of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is a large cavity overlooking a perennial stream called the Verdouble.Photo: Neptune19, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in France
- Also known as: “Arago cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Musée de Préhistoire de Tautavel and Église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption de Vingrau.
Musée de Préhistoire de Tautavel
Museum
Photo: PePeEfe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Musée de Préhistoire de Tautavel is a museum, which is situated 3 km south of Arago Cave.
Église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption de Vingrau
Church
Photo: Claudefà, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption de Vingrau is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Arago Cave.
Ancienne église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption de Vingrau
Church
Photo: Admirał Bum, CC BY 2.5.
Ancienne église Notre-Dame de l’Assomption de Vingrau is a church, which is situated 2 km northeast of Arago Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tautavel and Tuchan.
Tautavel
Village
Photo: Mith, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tautavel is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It is home to The European Centre for Prehistoric Research. Tautavel Man, an early hominid and some of the oldest human remains in Europe, was found in Caune de l'Arago, a cave in the commune. Tautavel is situated 3 km south of Arago Cave.
Tuchan
Photo: Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tuchan is a village of 800 people in the Languedoc region of the south of France, inland between Narbonne and Perpignan, in the heart of a wine-producing region.
Cases-de-Pène
Village
Photo: Meria z Geoian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cases-de-Pène is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. Cases-de-Pène is situated 7 km south of Arago Cave.
Arago Cave
- Categories: archaeological site, location of discovery, historic site, and landform
- Location: Vingrau, Arrondissement of Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France, Europe
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Latitude
42.8397° or 42° 50′ 23″ northLongitude
2.75484° or 2° 45′ 17″ eastOpen location code
8FJ4RQQ3+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1995231923OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q1643777
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Arago Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف أراغو”
- Catalan: “Cauna de l’Aragó”
- Catalan: “Cova de l’Aragó”
- Dutch: “Höhle von Arago”
- Esperanto: “Kaverno Arago”
- French: “caune de l’Arago”
- French: “Caune de l’Arago”
- French: “grotte de l’Arago”
- French: “grotte de Tautavel”
- German: “Höhle von Arago”
- Hungarian: “Arago barlang”
- Italian: “Grotta dell’Arago”
- Japanese: “アラゴ洞窟”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cauna de l’Aragó”
- Polish: “Arago”
- Spanish: “Cueva del Arago”
- Ukrainian: “Печера Араго”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gorges du Gouleyrous and Tautavel (Les Gouleyrous).
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