The Cave of Niaux (French: Grotte de Niaux) is located in the Niaux commune, Ariège département in southwestern France as part of a wider geological system that includes the Sabart Cave and Lombrives Cave in the hill of Cap de la Lesse de Bialac.

Niaux, cave in Ariège, France, famous for its carefully drawn wall paintings. The cave site was first visited in 1864 and was slowly explored over the course of the 20th century. Niaux’s wall paintings are executed in a black-outlined style typical of the classic Magdalenian Period of Paleolithic

Niaux Cave is located in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees, just south of the French town of Foix. Niaux Cave is one of many in this region, and is one of Europe's most impressive Palaeolithic rock art galleries of cave paintings.

Niaux is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. Located on the right banks of the Vicdessos river, Niaux is the site of the Cave of Niaux, which is famous for its prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses from the Magdalenian era.

The famous Niaux cave is one of the rare decorated caves still open to the public, sheltering drawings dating back 14,000 years. You start by going through some truly impressive galleries before entering the Salon Noir, a monumental rotunda whose walls are covered with outstanding and highly detailed depictions of animals: bison, horses, ibex ...

In Ariège, the Cave of Niaux is a symbol, an amazing place, which does not leave marble. One of the most famous Paleolithic sites in Europe, among only decorated caves that are still visited to this day, the Grotte Niaux, this prehistoric giant, puts on a show.

Halfway up a mountainside about 12km south of Foix, the Grotte de Niaux is the most impressive, with a fabulous gallery of bison, horses and ibex adorning a vast subterranean chamber called the Salon Noir. There’s also one tiny depiction of a weasel – …

May 26, 2012 · Niaux Cave, or la Grotte de Niaux is one of the most famous prehistoric caves in Europe. It lies in the northern foothills of the Pyrenees, and is located in Ariege, in the valley of Vicdessos, across the valley from the smaller Grotte de …

Oct 11, 2024 · 55 meters high, 50 meters wide, the porch of the Niaux cave has aroused all the curiosities since Prehistoric times The men of the Magdalenian did not fail to notice this immense porch located at 678m in height and to leave their imprints there.