Prehistoric Sites of the Vezere Valley, France - UNESCO World Heritage Site
Place: Montignac, France
Weather: Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers, 47/61F.
Route: From Bordeaux 185 km east on A89.
Significance: There are 25 caves in the Vezere valley that were decorated during the paleolithic era, most around 17,000 years ago. The most famous cave, Lascaux cave, was found in 1940. After a few decades of thousands of people visiting the site the images started to decay. The caves were finally closed in 1963 to protect them.
Images of animals (from whc.unesco.org)
The limestone cliffs that contain the caves (from whc.unesco.org)
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