Cro-Magnon rock shelter

Cro-Magnon is an Aurignacian site, located in a rock shelter in the commune of Les Eyzies, , southwestern . Most notably, it is the site of the discovery of anatomically modern human remains, apparently buried at the site, dated to about 28,000 years ago.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Les Eyzies station and Abri Pataud.

Railway station
Photo: Pymouss, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les Eyzies is a railway station in , , . The station is located on the Niversac - Agen railway line. The station is served by TER services operated by . is situated 140 metres northwest of Cro-Magnon rock shelter.

Archaeological site
Photo: Sémhur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
L', or the Pataud Shelter in English, is a prehistoric site found in the middle of the village Les Eyzies in , , southwestern . is situated 280 metres southeast of Cro-Magnon rock shelter.

Museum
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a French institution founded in 1918 by Denis Peyrony in the commune of , in the . Officially inaugurated on September 30, 1923, it is housed in what was formerly the , purchased for this purpose by the State in 1913. is situated 590 metres southeast of Cro-Magnon rock shelter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sireuil and Le Bugue.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 5 km east of Cro-Magnon rock shelter.

Village
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is a commune in the department in southwestern . is situated 7 km west of Cro-Magnon rock shelter.

Village
Photo: Père Igor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in in southwestern . is situated 8 km north of Cro-Magnon rock shelter.

Cro-Magnon rock shelter

Latitude
44.94053° or 44° 56′ 26″ north
Longitude
1.0097° or 1° 0′ 35″ east
Open location code
8FP3W2R5+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5959927331
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q331409
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Cro-Magnon rock shelter” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مأوى كرو-مانيون الصخري”
  • Belarusian: “Пячора Кра-Маньён”
  • Breton: “Cro-Magnon”
  • Catalan: “Cro-Magnon”
  • Catalan: “Cròs Manhon”
  • Croatian: “Cro-Magnon”
  • Dutch: “Abri de Cro-Magnon”
  • Dutch: “Cro-Magnon”
  • Esperanto: “Kro Magnon”
  • French: “abri de Cro-Magnon”
  • French: “Abri de Cro-Magnon”
  • Galician: “cova de Cro-Magnon”
  • German: “Abri de Cro-Magnon”
  • German: “Cro-Magnon”
  • German: “Cromagnon”
  • Greek: “Καταφύγιο του Κρο-Μανιόν”
  • Hungarian: “cro-magnoni menedék”
  • Hungarian: “Cro-magnoni menedék”
  • Hungarian: “crô-magnoni menedék”
  • Italian: “Abri Cro-Magnon”
  • Italian: “Abri de Cro-Magnon”
  • Japanese: “クロマニョン人の岩の住居”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abri de Cro-Magnon”
  • Norwegian: “Abri de Cro-Magnon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Abric de Cròsmanhon”
  • Polish: “Abri de Cro-Magnon”
  • Russian: “Кро-Маньон”
  • Serbian: “Пећина Кромањон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Cro-Magnon”
  • Spanish: “Abri de cro magnon”
  • Spanish: “Abri de Cro Magnon”
  • Spanish: “Abri de Cro-Magnon”
  • Spanish: “Abri”
  • Spanish: “Abrigo de cro magnon”
  • Spanish: “Abrigo de Cro Magnon”
  • Spanish: “Abrigo de Cro-Magnon”
  • Tatar: “Кро-Маньоң”
  • Turkish: “Cro-Magnon kaya sığınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Кро-Маньйон”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Abri Cro-Magnon and L’Abri Cro-Magnon.

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