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″ northLongitude
5.01402° or 5° 0′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9F27C2V7+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5455212308OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata 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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