Cultural Routes

Community of Municipalites of Neste Barousse / Communauté de communes Neste Barousse

Cultural Route

• Prehistoric Rock Art Trails

Country

• France

Member Category

• Local Authority
• Museum
• Heritage Site

Member Status

Individual

Year of Accession to Membership

2010

Contact Details

Place de la Mairie
B.P. 13
FR-65150 Saint-Laurent-de-Neste

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 02 09 09
Website: n.d.
Email: communaute-de-communes[at]neste-barousse.fr

Grotte préhistorique de Gargas/Nestploria (Gargas Prehistoric Cave/Nestploria)
Route départementale 261
FR-65660 Aventignan

Tel: +33 (0)5 62 98 81 50
Website: www.grottesdegargas.fr
Email: gargas.nestploria[at]nestploria.fr

Contact Person

Nicolas FERRERR (Office de Tourisme Neste Barousse – Grottes préhistoriques de Gargas-Nestploria / Neste Barousse Tourist Office – Gargas-Nestploria Prehistoric Caves) / Yoan RUMEAU (Mayor, Municipality of Aventignan)

Main Town/Region

Saint-Laurent-de-Neste (Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie)

Site Town/Region

Aventignan (Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie)

Main GPS Location

43.077479, 0.482936

Site GPS Location

43.062391, 0.537814

UNESCO World Heritage List

N/D

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

N/D

Description

The Community of Municipalities of Neste Barousse (Hautes-Pyrénées, Occitanie). The community of municipality implies limited integration between member municipalities.
The Cave of Gargas contain a group of unique paintings consisting of over 200 stencilled handprints, many of which display incomplete fingers, and dated back to the Gravettian period (between 28,000 and 22,000 years ago). Nestploria is the interactive interpretation center of the Gargas Cave (www.prehistour.eu/carp-guide/gargas-cave-and-nestploria-visitor039s-centre).
The Municipality of Aventignan, part of the Community of Municipalities of Neste Barousse, is the owner of the Gargas Cave.

Logos/Pictures

Grotte préhistorique de Gargas