Rouffignac Cave
Grotte de Rouffignac | |
Rouffignac Cave | |
| Alternative name | Cave of the hundred mammoths, Miremont cave, Cro des Cluzeau, Cro de Granville |
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| Location | Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France |
| Coordinates | 45°00′32″N 0°59′15″E / 45.00889°N 0.98750°E |
| Type | Cave paintings |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 11,000 BC |
| Abandoned | c. 5800 BC |
| Cultures | Magdalenian |
| Site notes | |
| Official name | Cro de Granville (cro de Rouffignac) |
| Part of | Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i), (iii) |
| Reference | 85-012 |
| Inscription | 1979 (3rd Session) |
| Area | 51.76 ha (0.1998 sq mi) |
The Rouffignac cave, in the French commune of Rouffignac-Saint-Cernin-de-Reilhac in the Dordogne département, contains over 250 engravings and cave paintings dating back to the Upper Paleolithic. In conjunction with other caves and abris of the Vézère valley, the Rouffignac cave was classified a Monument historique in 1957 and a World Heritage Site in 1979 by UNESCO as part of the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley.