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Grotte de Villars, Villars

Impressive limestone formations and prehistoric cave paintings

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The caves at Villars were only discovered in 1953 by a team of pot holers from the Périgueux Caving Club who were wandering around the Cluzeau coppice. After many expeditions, over 13 kilometres of galleries and chambers were discovered with some impressive stalactites and stalagmites as well as prehistoric paintings which are thought to date to the Magdalenian period, 17,000 years ago.

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Map of the surrounding area