From Wikipedia: "Pech Merle is a cave which opens onto a hillside at Cabrerets in the Lot département of the Occitania region in France. It is one of the few prehistoric cave painting sites in France that remain open to the general public. Extending for over a kilometre and a half from the entrance are caverns, the walls of which are painted with dramatic murals dating from the Gravettian culture (some 25,000 years BC). Some of the paintings and engravings, however, may date from the later Magdalenian era (16,000 years BC)." The top picture is of a full-scale reproduction of a section of cave wall, in the visitor center of Pech Merle. Photos are not allowed inside the cave.
The village of Cabrerets (2nd picture) is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostella.
The village of Cabrerets (2nd picture) is on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostella.
Below: A sculpture atelier in Cabrerets. Tour leader Annie is getting friendly with one of the characters. The second image is of Lucy and her bipedal infant. The third is of one of the sculptors working on a figure.
No comments:
Post a Comment