Cave of Niaux
The Cave of Niaux is located in the Niaux commune, Ariège département in southwestern France as part of a wider geological system that includes the Sabart Cave and Lombrives Cave in the hill of Cap de la Lesse de Bialac.Photo: Kvardek du, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave with prehistoric art in France
- Also known as: “Grotte de la Calbière dite Grotte de Niaux”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Grotte de la Vache and Lombrives.
Grotte de la Vache
Cave
Photo: Kvardek du, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grotte de la Vache is a cave, which is situated 500 metres west of Cave of Niaux.
Lombrives
Cave
Photo: Oscar, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl.
Grotte de Lombrives or Lombrives Cave is a large natural cavern located in Ornolac-Ussat-les-Bains, at the eastern edge of the Pyrénées Ariégeoises Natural Regional Park, in the Ariège department of Occitanie, in southwestern France. Lombrives is situated 2 km east of Cave of Niaux.
Grotte de Sabart
Cave
Photo: JYB Devot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grotte de Sabart is a cave, which is situated 1½ km north of Cave of Niaux.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarascon-sur-Ariège and Bompas.
Tarascon-sur-Ariège
Village
Photo: Ji-Elle, Public domain.
Tarascon-sur-Ariège is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Tarascon-sur-Ariège station has rail connections to Toulouse, Foix and Latour-de-Carol. Tarascon-sur-Ariège is situated 3½ km north of Cave of Niaux.
Bompas
Village
Bompas is a commune in the Ariège department of southwestern France. Bompas is situated 5 km north of Cave of Niaux.
Gestiès
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gestiès is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Gestiès is situated 6 km south of Cave of Niaux.
Cave of Niaux
- Categories: cave with prehistoric art, show cave, tourism, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Niaux, Arrondissement of Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.81985° or 42° 49′ 12″ northLongitude
1.59373° or 1° 35′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8FJ3RH9V+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 440721896OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yesWikidata ID
Q264242
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Cave of Niaux” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Nio mağarası”
- Basque: “Niauxko haitzuloa”
- Belarusian: “Пячора Ніо”
- Catalan: “Cova de Nhaus”
- Dutch: “Cave of Niaux”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف نياوكس”
- French: “grotte de Niaux”
- French: “Grotte de Niaux”
- German: “Grotte de Niaux”
- German: “Höhle von Niaux”
- Greek: “Σπήλαιο Νιώ”
- Hebrew: “מערת ניו”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Balma de Niaus”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cauna de Nhaus”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Cauna de Niaus”
- Polish: “Jaskinia Niaux”
- Russian: “Нио”
- Russian: “Пещера Нио”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Niaux”
- Spanish: “Gruta de Niaux”
- Turkish: “Niaux Mağarası”
- Ukrainian: “Ніо”
- Ukrainian: “Печера Ніо”
- “Cave of Niaux”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grotte de la Petite Caougno and Musée Pyrénéen de Niaux.
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