Cave of the Trois-Frères
Grotte des Trois-Frères | |
Entrance to the Grotte du Tuc d'Audoubert, 1912 | |
| Alternative name | Les Trois Frères |
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| Location | Montesquieu-Avantes, Occitania, France |
| Coordinates | 43°1′52″N 1°12′30″E / 43.03111°N 1.20833°E |
| Type | limestone karst cave complex |
| Part of | Three cave-complex |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 15,000 years ago |
| Cultures | Magdalenian |
| Associated with | Paleo Humans |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 1912 by Max, Jacques, Louis, and Henri Begouën |
| Archaeologists | Henri Breuil |
The Cave of the Trois-Frères is a cave in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings. It is located in Montesquieu-Avantès, in the Ariège département. The cave is named for three brothers (French: trois frères, pronounced [tʁwɑ fʁɛʁ]), Max, Jacques, and Louis Begouën, who, along with their father Comte Henri Begouën, discovered it in 1912. The drawings of the cave were made famous in the publications of the Abbé Henri Breuil. The cave art appears to date to around 15,000 years ago.