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Contact Details: Hôtel du Département
5 rue du Cap de la Ville
FR-09000 Foix

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 02 09 09
Website: www.ariege.fr
Email: n.d.

Grotte de Niaux (Niaux Cave)
FR-09400 Niaux

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 05 10 10 / +33 (0)5 61 05 88 37
Website: www.sites-touristiques-ariege.fr/sites-touristiques-ariege/grotte-de-niaux
Email: info[at]sites-touristiques-ariege.fr

Grotte de La Vache (La Vache Cave)
FR-09400 Alliat

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 05 95 06
Website: www.grotte-de-la-vache.org
Email: contact[at]grotte-de-la-vache.org

Grotte de Bédeilhac (Bédeilhac Cave)
FR-09400 Bédeilhac-et-Aynat

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 05 95 06
Website: www.grotte-de-bedeilhac.org
Email: contact[at]grotte-de-bedeilhac.org

Grotte du Mas-d’Azil (Mas-d’Azil Cave)
FR-09290 Le Mas-d'Azil

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 69 97 71
Website: www.sites-touristiques-ariege.fr/sites-touristiques-ariege/grotte-du-mas-dazil
Email: info[at]sites-touristiques-ariege.fr

Parc de la Préhistoire de Tarascon-sur-Ariège (Prehistoric Park of Tarascon-sur-Ariège)
FR- 09400 Tarascon-sur-Ariège

Tel: +33 (0)5 61 05 10 10 / +33 (0)5 61 05 19 19
Website: www.sites-touristiques-ariege.fr/sites-touristiques-ariege/parc-de-la-prehistoire
Email: info[at]sites-touristiques-ariege.fr

Contact Person: Pascal AlLARD (Directeur – Développement territorial économique et touristique / Director - Economic and Tourist Economic Development)

Site Town/Region: Niaux (Ariège, Occitanie) / Alliat (Ariège, Occitanie) / Bédeilhac-et-Aynat (Ariège, Occitanie) / Le Mas-d'Azil (Ariège, Occitanie) / Tarascon-sur-Ariège (Ariège, Occitanie)

Site GPS Location: 42.820664, 1.593830 / 42.820822, 1.587642 / 42.872267, 1.570934 / 43.068796, 1.354737 / 42.854855, 1.574848

Description: Administrative body of the Department of Ariège (Occitanie).
The Niaux Cave contains rock art of the greatest importance from 13,500 years ago. The area that can be visited is its “Black Room”, the chamber with most of the animal figures (http://www.prehistour.eu/carp-guide/niaux-cave). The cave of La Vache is one of the richest Magdalenian sites in the Pyrenees (c.a. 14,000 years ago), with a major collection of engraved and sculpted objects (http://www.prehistour.eu/carp-guide/la-vache-cave). The Cave of Bédeilhac contains deposits as well as the paintings, engravings and sculptures from middle and late Magdalenian (http://www.prehistour.eu/carp-guide/bedeilhac-cave). The Cave of Mas-d’Azil can’t be visited in its areas with rock art, yet the sites of prehistoric occupation are accessibile (http://www.prehistour.eu/carp-guide/mas-d039azil-cave).
The Prehistoric Park of Tarascon-sur-Ariège (est. in 1994 by the General Council of Ariège Department) is devoted to prehistoric rock art under many aspects, consisting of a museum space for exhibitions, with reproductions of paintings and objects from local caves, and outdoor animation workshops (http://www.prehistour.eu/carp-guide/tarascon-sur-ariege-prehistory-park).