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Chauvet Cave

cave in France
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Chauvet Cave
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Summary

Chauvet Cave is a cave with prehistoric art[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of cave with prehistoric art entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,130 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Jean-Marie Chauvet[3], Eliette Brunel Deschamps[4]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Vallon-Pont-d'Arc[5]
  • Country: France[6]
  • Instance of: prehistoric archaeological site[7], cave[8]
  • Named after: Jean-Marie Chauvet[9]
  • Commons category: Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche[10]
  • Time of discovery or invention: December 18, 1994[11]
  • Official website: https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/chauvet/fr/visiter-la-grotte[12]
  • Heritage designation: classified historical monument[13], World Heritage Site[14]
  • Native label: Grotte Chauvet[15]
  • Area: 9 ha[16], 1353 ha[17]
  • Culture: Stone Age[18]
  • World Heritage criteria: (i)[19], (iii)[20]
  • Significant place: Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche[21]

Why It Matters

Chauvet Cave has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

France Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Triggerhippie4 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/chauvet/fr/visiter-la-gr
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 44.3881219, 'lon': 4.4161408}
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Vallon-Pont-d'Arc
    Discoverer or inventor → Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel Deschamps
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: cave"
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