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Chauvet Cave

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Chauvet Cave

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 (918 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chauvet Cave is credited with the discovery of Jean-Marie Chauvet[3].
  • Chauvet Cave is credited with the discovery of Eliette Brunel Deschamps[4].
  • Chauvet Cave is located in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc[5].
  • Chauvet Cave is in the country of France[6].
  • Chauvet Cave's image is recorded as Rhinocéros grotte Chauvet.jpg[7].
  • Chauvet Cave's instance of is recorded as cave with prehistoric art[8].
  • Chauvet Cave's instance of is recorded as prehistoric archaeological site[9].
  • Chauvet Cave's instance of is recorded as cave[10].
  • Jean-Marie Chauvet is named after Chauvet Cave[11].
  • Chauvet Cave's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 248256863[12].
  • Chauvet Cave's Commons category is recorded as Grotte Chauvet 2 - Ardèche[13].
  • Chauvet Cave's Mérimée ID is recorded as PA00135635[14].
  • Chauvet Cave's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1994-12-18T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Chauvet Cave's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 44.3881219, 'lon': 4.4161408}[16].
  • Chauvet Cave's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028vy2[17].
  • Chauvet Cave's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge618327[18].
  • Chauvet Cave's World Heritage Site ID is recorded as 1426[19].
  • Chauvet Cave's official website is recorded as https://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/chauvet/fr/visiter-la-grotte[20].
  • Chauvet Cave's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0247334[21].
  • Chauvet Cave's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Chauvet-Pont-dArc[22].
  • Chauvet Cave's heritage designation is recorded as classified historical monument[23].
  • Chauvet Cave's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site[24].
  • Chauvet Cave's GeoNames ID is recorded as 9972553[25].
  • Chauvet Cave's Pleiades ID is recorded as 165753155[26].
  • Chauvet Cave's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Grotte Chauvet'}[27].

Body

Geography

Chauvet Cave is in the country of France[6]. It is located in Vallon-Pont-d'Arc[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+9'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+1353'}[29].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include cave with prehistoric art[8], prehistoric archaeological site[9], and cave[10]. Heritage statuses include classified historical monument[23] and World Heritage Site[24].

History and Context

Jean-Marie Chauvet is named after Chauvet Cave[11].

Why It Matters

Chauvet Cave ranks in the top 4% of cave_with_prehistoric_art entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (918 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Related Entities

France Vallon-Pont-d'Arc

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Base Mérimée. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d 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| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q35509]]"
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