Grottes de la terrasse principale de Goyet

Grottes de la terrasse principale de Goyet is a cave in Gesves, Arrondissement of Namur, Wallonia. Grottes de la terrasse principale de Goyet is situated nearby to the cave Abri supérieur de Goyet, as well as near Terrasse basse.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Goyet Caves and Faulx-les-Tombes Castle.

Goyet Caves

Cave

The Goyet Caves are a series of connected caves located in Belgium in a limestone cliff about 15 m above the river Samson near the village of Mozet in the Gesves municipality of the Namur province. Goyet Caves is situated 100 metres east of Grottes de la terrasse principale de Goyet.

Faulx-les-Tombes Castle

Castle

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.5.

Faulx-les-Tombes Castle is a 19th-century château in Faulx-les-Tombes in the municipality of Gesves, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. The first castle on the site was built in the 13th century and was a dependency of the County of Namur. Faulx-les-Tombes Castle is situated 2 km southwest of Grottes de la terrasse principale de Goyet.

Castle farm

Farmhouse

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Castle farm is a farmhouse, which is situated 2 km west of Grottes de la terrasse principale de Goyet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goyet and Faulx-les-Tombes.

Goyet

Hamlet

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Goyet is a hamlet of the municipality Gesves, Wallonia, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is famous for Goyet Caves, with glacial remnants of Neandertals, Homo sapiens and canid.

Faulx-les-Tombes

Village

Photo: Guatebe, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Faulx-les-Tombes is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gesves, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Remains of Roman settlements have been discovered in the area, which was settled already during the Paleolithic.

Mozet

Village

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.

Mozet is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Gesves, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Although the area has been settled since Roman times, the current village developed around the church and castle of an allod in the early 11th century.

Grottes de la terrasse principale de Goyet

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: Gesves, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.44464° or 50° 26′ 41″ north

Longitude

5.01266° or 5° 0′ 46″ east

Open location code

9F27C2V7+V3

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4292754288

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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