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Grotte préhistorique de la Cauna

Belvis, Aude, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Grotte préhistorique de la Cauna (cad. E 658) : inscription par arrêté du 31 octobre 1989
Protection dates
1989/10/31 : inscrit MH
Type
grotte
Main period of construction
Préhistoire
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Belvis
Département
Aude
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
42.84974, 2.08163
Mérimée reference
PA00102929

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Gisement ayant donné, en stratigraphie, pratiquement toutes les séquences du paléolithique supérieur et, en particulier, un bel horizon de la culture châtelperronienne (-3500).

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Deposit which has yielded, in stratigraphy, practically all the sequences of the Upper Palaeolithic and, in particular, a fine horizon of the Châtelperronian culture (-3500).

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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