Scladina
Scladina, or Sclayn Cave, is an archaeological site located in Wallonia in the town of Sclayn, in the Andenne hills in Belgium, where excavations since 1978 have provided the material for an exhaustive collection of over thirteen thousand Mousterian stone artifacts and the fossilized remains of an especially ancient Neanderthal, called the Scladina child were discovered in 1993.Photo: Thilo Parg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cave
- Description: cave in Belgium
- Also known as: “Grotte Alléonphil”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Église Saint-Maurice de Sclayn and Sclaigneaux railway station.
Église Saint-Maurice de Sclayn
Church
Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Maurice de Sclayn is a church, which is situated 620 metres north of Scladina.
Sclaigneaux railway station
Railway station
Photo: Japplemedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sclaigneaux railway station is situated 1 km north of Scladina.
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 1½ km south of Scladina.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sclayn and Bonneville.
Sclayn
Village
Photo: Gugus15, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sclayn is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. It is located by the river Meuse.
Bonneville
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
Bonneville is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. The village church, dedicated to Saint Fermin, is a Romanesque building from the 11th century. Bonneville Castle is located in the village.
Vezin
Village
Photo: Eebie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vezin is a village in Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Andenne, located in the province of Namur, Belgium. There is a partially preserved fortified farm in the village, dating from the 14th century.
Scladina
- Categories: show cave, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Andenne, Arrondissement of Namur, Namur, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude
50.48429° or 50° 29′ 4″ northLongitude
5.02522° or 5° 1′ 31″ eastOpen location code
9F27F2MG+P3OpenStreetMap ID
node 885259153OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cave_entranceWikidata ID
Q1547623
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Scladina” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Scladina”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سكلادينا”
- French: “Caverne de Scladina”
- French: “Caverne Scladina”
- French: “Grotte de Scladina”
- French: “Grotte de Sclayn”
- French: “Grotte Scladina”
- French: “Scladina”
- German: “Grotte Scladina”
- Turkish: “Scladina”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Espace Muséal d’Andenne and Gouffre de Sclayn.
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