Cave of the Trois-Frères
Cave in southwestern France famous for its cave paintings / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Trois Frères" redirects here. For the film, see The Three Brothers (film).
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 [fr], discovered it in 1914.[1] The drawings of the cave were made famous in the publications of the Abbé Henri Breuil. The cave art appears to date to approximately 13,000 BC.[2]
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Grotte des Trois-Frères | |
Alternative name | Les Trois Frères |
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Location | Montesquieu-Avantès |
Region | Ariège, southwestern France |
Coordinates | 43°1′52″N 1°12′30″E |
Type | limestone karst cave complex |
Part of | Three cave-complex |
History | |
Periods | late Upper Paleolithic, 13,000 BC |
Cultures | Magdalenian |
Associated with | Paleo Humans |
Site notes | |
Archaeologists | Henri Breuil |
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