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Over 600 parietal wall paintings cover the interior walls and ceilings of the cave. The paintings represent primarily large animals, typical local contemporary fauna that correspond with the fossil record of the Upper Paleolithic in the area. They are the combined effort of many generations.
Lascaux Cave is famous for its prehistoric cave paintings, dating from c. 17,000 to c. 15,000 BCE. There are close to 600 paintings mostly of animals, such as horses, deer, aurochs, ibex, bison, and even some felines.
The discovery of the monumental Lascaux cave in 1940 brought with it a new era in our knowledge of both prehistoric art and human origins. Today, the cave continues to feed our collective imagination and to profoundly move new generations of visitors from around the world.
The Lascaux Cave is famous for its Palaeolithic cave paintings, found in a complex of caves in southwestern France, because of the exceptional quality, size, sophistication and antiquity of the cave art.
Opened in 1983, the Lascaux II site is near the original cave. It displays reproductions of two parts of the cave: the Great Hall of the Bulls and the Painted Gallery. We visited Lascaux IV, which is a life-sized and complete replica of the cave, including all of the hundreds of prehistoric artworks. It’s also not far from the original cave.
Over 600 different Hall of Bulls Lascaux paintings adorn the ceiling and walls of the cave. The Lascaux cave paintings depict large animals from the Upper Paleolithic period and are thought to be around 17,000 years old.
Lascaux, cave containing one of the most outstanding displays of prehistoric art yet discovered. Lascaux, together with some two dozen other painted caves and 150 prehistoric settlements in France’s Vezere valley, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979.
The painted walls of the interconnected series of caves in Lascaux in southwestern France are among the most impressive and well-known artistic creations of Paleolithic humans.
Lascaux Cave Paintings (17,000 BCE): Discovery, Dating, Layout, Materials and Painting Techniques.
In Périgord Noir, the Lascaux Cave is a masterpiece of prehistoric art with frescoes representing around 600 animals (horses, bulls, deer, felines, etc.) and enigmatic signs. The site can be rediscovered today at the International Center for Cave Art, a space of more than 8000 m² at the foot of Lascaux hill.