Spy Cave
Spy Cave is located in Wallonia near Spy in the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Namur Province, Belgium above the left bank of the Orneau River. Classified as a premier Heritage site of the Walloon Region, the location ranks among the most significant paleolithic sites in Europe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Krocat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Belgium
- Also known as: “Grotte de Spy”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Falnuée Castle and Jemeppe-sur-Sambre railway station.
Falnuée Castle
Castle
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Falnuée Castle (French: Château-ferme de Falnuée is a château-ferme in Mazy, in the municipality of Gembloux, province of Namur, Wallonia, Belgium. It is now a golf clubhouse. Falnuée Castle is situated 2½ km north of Spy Cave.
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre railway station
Railway station
Photo: LHOON, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre railway station is situated 3½ km south of Spy Cave.
Moustier railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Hma6110, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moustier railway station is a railway stop, which is situated 3½ km southeast of Spy Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Onoz and Jemeppe-sur-Sambre.
Onoz
Village
Photo: GVR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Onoz is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is located on the west bank of the river Orneau Château de Mielmont, built in the 12th century and modified through to the 19th century, is located within Onoz, at.
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
Town
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On 1 January 2006, the municipality had 17,990 inhabitants.
Spy
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Spy is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. Here in 1886, in the Grotte de Spy or the Betche aux Roches cavern, Maximin Lohest and Marcel de Puydt found two nearly perfect Neanderthal skeletons at the depth of 16 feet, with numerous implements of the Mousterian type.
Spy Cave
- Categories: paleolithic site, archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Jemeppe-sur-Sambre, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.4802° or 50° 28′ 49″ northLongitude
4.67442° or 4° 40′ 28″ eastOpen location code
9F26FMJF+3QOpenStreetMap ID
node 874341418OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q2672127
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Walloon—“Spy Cave” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սպի”
- Dutch: “Grot van Spy”
- Dutch: “Grotte de Spy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف الجاسوس”
- French: “Bec-aux-Roches”
- French: “Bèche au Roche”
- French: “Bèche-aux-Roches”
- French: “Betchaud Rotche”
- French: “Betche al Rotche”
- French: “Betche al’Rotche”
- French: “Betche-al-Roche”
- French: “Betche-al-Rotche”
- French: “Bètche-al-Rotche”
- French: “Bêtche-al-Rotche”
- French: “Betche-aux-Rotches”
- French: “Caverne de Spy”
- French: “Grotte de l’Homme de Spy”
- French: “grotte de Spy”
- French: “Grotte de Spy”
- French: “le Becheue Roche”
- French: “le Bechue Roche”
- French: “li Betche aux Rotches”
- French: “li Grote di Spî”
- French: “li Trau Foû Djâke”
- French: “Roche à Besche”
- Italian: “Grotta di Spy”
- Japanese: “スピー洞窟”
- Japanese: “スピ洞窟”
- Korean: “스피 동굴”
- Korean: “스피 인”
- Kotava: “Spy (arula)”
- Kotava: “Spy”
- Latin: “Spelunca Spy”
- Limburgan: “Grót va Spy”
- Limburgan: “Grótte va Spy”
- Polish: “Spy”
- Portuguese: “Caverna de Spy”
- Russian: “Спи”
- Serbian: “Grotte de Spy”
- Serbian: “Spaj”
- Serbian: “Спај”
- Spanish: “Cueva de Spy”
- Spanish: “grotte de Spy”
- Turkish: “Spy Mağarası”
- Walloon: “Trô di Spî”
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