Caverne du Pont-d’Arc
The Caverne du Pont-d'Arc, Chauvet 2, is a replica of the Chauvet Cave in the commune of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, in the department of Ardèche and in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. Construction began in October 2012 and it was opened to the public in 2015.Photo: Claude Valette, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: replica of the Chauvet Cave in France
- Also known as: “Espace de restitution de la Grotte Chauvet” and “Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche”
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chauvet Cave and Grotte de Louoï.
Chauvet Cave
Cave
Photo: Inocybe, Public domain.
The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southeastern France is a cave that contains some of the best-preserved figurative cave paintings in the world, as well as other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life. Chauvet Cave is situated 2½ km southwest of Caverne du Pont-d’Arc.
Grotte de Louoï
Cave
Photo: JYB Devot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grotte de Louoï is a cave, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Caverne du Pont-d’Arc.
Grotte du Déroc
Cave
Photo: JYB Devot, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grotte du Déroc is a cave, which is situated 1½ km southwest of Caverne du Pont-d’Arc.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pont d’Arc and Salavas.
Pont d’Arc
Locality
Photo: Superjuju10, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Pont d'Arc is a large natural bridge, located in the Ardèche département in the south of France, 5 km from the town of Vallon-Pont-d'Arc. The arch, formed when the river Ardèche broke through a narrow escarpment between its meander, is 59 metres wide and 34 m high at the top of the opening. Pont d’Arc is situated 3 km south of Caverne du Pont-d’Arc.
Salavas
Village
Photo: René Dinkel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salavas is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. Salavas is situated 4½ km west of Caverne du Pont-d’Arc.
Lagorce
Photo: Michael.joffre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lagorce is a little village in a relatively large commune, near Vallon Pont d'Arc in the Ardèche département, in the south of France.
Caverne du Pont-d’Arc
- Categories: art gallery, replica of a cave, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Vallon-Pont-d’Arc, Arrondissement of Largentière, Ardèche and Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
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Latitude
44.40613° or 44° 24′ 22″ northLongitude
4.42956° or 4° 25′ 46″ eastInception
April 10th, 2015Open location code
8FP6CC4H+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 430881653OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q19951965
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Luxembourgish—“Caverne du Pont-d’Arc” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف بون دارك”
- Basque: “Chauvet 2”
- Catalan: “Caverna del Pont-d’Arc”
- Catalan: “Gruta Chauvet 2 - Ardèche”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كافيرن دو بونت دارك”
- French: “caverne du Pont-d’Arc”
- French: “grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche”
- French: “Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche”
- German: “Caverne du Pont-d’Arc”
- German: “Grotte Chauvet 2 Ardèche”
- German: “Höhlennachbildung von Pont-d’Arc”
- Hungarian: “A Chauvet-barlang másolata”
- Luxembourgish: “Hiel vum Pont-d’Arc”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Galerie de l’Aurignacien and Lieu des Animations.
Nearby Places
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