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Mandrin Cave (sky view) Mandrin Cave (French: "Grotte Mandrin") is a cave in France where habitation alternating between Neanderthals and Initial Upper Paleolithic Modern Humans in the cave has been documented, and the presence of modern humans has been dated to between 56,800 and 51,700 years ago, about 10,000 years before previously accepted dates for the colonization of Europe by modern humans.
Martel is located about 15 km (9 mi) east of Souillac and 15 km (9 mi) north of the River Dordogne.To the north lies the commune of Cazillac, to the northeast Strenquels, to the east Saint-Denis-lès-Martel, to the southeast Floirac, to the south Montvalent, to the southwest Creysse, to the west Baladou and to the northwest Cuzance.
Gourdon (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Gordon) is a subprefecture of the Lot department in the Occitania region in Southwestern France. In 2019, the commune had a population of 3,981. The small town, not far from Rocamadour, is situated close to the Dordogne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Gourdon has a rich prehistoric past ...
Located at the eastern end of a lagoon formed by a storm-breach of the coastal dunes, probably in the mid-10th century, [6] Wissant has been a fishing village for a millennium: along with Audresselles it is the last fishing village in France to use a traditional method of fishing using a wooden boat called a flobart and was in the Middle Ages a major port for embarkation for England: [7] In a ...
In 2005, the belfry was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Belfries of Belgium and France site, because of its architecture and historical testimony to the rise of municipal power in the area. [4] the citadel, possibly built by Vauban or Jean Errard, which has often served as a state prison, and later, a reformatory for ...
Givenchy-en-Gohelle is a large farming village situated 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Arras, at the junction of the D51 and the D55 roads.Its neighboring communes are Souchez to the west, Angres to the northwest, Liévin to the north, Avion to the east and Vimy to the southeast.
Azincourt is known for being near the site of the battle fought on 25 October 1415 in which the army led by King Henry V of England defeated the forces led by Charles d'Albret on behalf of Charles VI of France, which has gone down in history as the Battle of Agincourt. According to M. Forrest, the French knights were so encumbered by their ...
Moissac was heavily damaged in March 1930 by flooding of the Tarn, which devastated much of southwestern France. It was counted as a 100-year flood. One hundred twenty people were reported to have died in the city. [4] In 2020, National Rally politician Romain Lopez was elected mayor. [5] [6]