Goyet Caves

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.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Faulx-les-Tombes Castle and Écritures de Maizeret.

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 Goyet Caves.

Écritures de Maizeret

Archaeological site

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Écritures de Maizeret is an archaeological site, which is situated 2 km northwest of Goyet Caves.

Bonneville Castle

Castle

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.

Bonneville Castle is a stately home in Bonneville in the municipality of Andenne, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. Originally a farmhouse with a 15th-century donjon, it was acquired in 1617 by Jacques de Zualart, who began an extensive rebuilding, the continuance of which ruined his son, Tilmant de Zualart. Bonneville Castle is situated 3 km northeast of Goyet Caves.

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

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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.

Goyet Caves

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

50.44437° or 50° 26′ 40″ north

Longitude

5.01402° or 5° 0′ 51″ east

Wheelchair access

Open location code

9F27C2V7+PJ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5455212308

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

Wikidata ID

Q3117255

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Goyet Caves” goes by many names.

Arabic: “كهوف جوييت”
Dutch: “Grotten van Goyet”
Egyptian Arabic: “كهوف جوييت”
French: “grotte de Goyet”
French: “grottes de Goyet”
French: “Grottes de Goyet”
German: “Goyet-Höhlen”
German: “Höhlen von Goyet”
Italian: “Grotte di Goyet”
Portuguese: “Cavernas Goyet”
Spanish: “Cuevas de Goyet”
Turkish: “Goyet Mağaraları”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Terrasse basse and Grottes de Goyet (accès touristique).

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