Grotte de Gabillou
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A dense engraved bestiary hidden beneath a village house, crowned by the horned, dancing Sorcerer of Gabillou
A cramped 27-metre gallery beneath a house near Mussidan in the Dordogne, discovered in 1941 and bought by Jean Gaussen in 1955. More than 200 fine engravings crowd its soft limestone walls — dozens of horses alongside reindeer, bison, ibex, birds and hares — ending at the Room of the Red Horse. Its most famous figure is the 'Sorcerer of Gabillou', a horned, seemingly dancing human-animal hybrid. The fragility of the engravings keeps the cave closed to all but researchers.
Gallery
The art
- ◦ The Sorcerer of Gabillou (therianthrope)
- ◦ 200+ fine-line engravings
- ◦ Room of the Red Horse
How it was made
How we know its age
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Plan a Visit
Sources
- 1.Grotte de Gabillou — Wikipedia
Further reading
- Grotte de Gabillou — Don's Maps