Visit the chasms, rock shelters and troglodyte villages of Périgord!
Visit the chasms, rock shelters and troglodyte villages of Périgord!
1,1 km - Peyzac le Moustier
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LA ROQUE SAINT-CHRISTOPHE Troglodyte fort and city, immense cliff located between the EYZIES and MONTIGNAC-LASCAUX occupied from Prehistory to the Renaissance, there you will discover the mode of habitat of our ancestors.
Remarkable for its powerful forms, its number of habitats and its age of occupation by man, this site constitutes a setting of rare and wild beauty. This veritable wall of limestone one kilometer long and eighty meters high, constantly undermined by the river and the frost, has been dug out of a hundred rock shelters and long aerial terraces. These natural cavities were occupied by man from prehistoric times, then modified in the Middle Ages, to become a troglodyte fort and city until the early Renaissance.
Visiting the site allows you to understand the layout of the cave dwellings.
There you will discover the imprint left by our ancestors on the rock as well as a conservatory of civil engineering machines which has been reconstructed in homage to the great medieval builders.
Prices:
• Adult: 10€
• Student: 7€
• Child 5-13 years old: 5€
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