Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
Also known as Chauvet Cave, Grotte Chauvet, grotte Chauvet Pont d'Arc, grotte Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc
CulturalFrance
France
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (iii).
Region
Europe and North America
France
Inscribed
2014
Area
9 ha
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Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
FranceCultural42 km away
Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
FranceCultural50 km away
Maison Carrée
FranceCultural61 km away
The Causses and the Cévennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape
FranceCultural77 km away
Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
FranceCultural81 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
- Wikidata itemQ374096, open data (CC0)
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