Montignac | |
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Information | |
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Region | New Aquitaine |
Area | 37,15 km² |
Population | 2 752 hab. () |
Density | 74,08 inhab./km² |
Postal code | 24290 |
Tourist information office | |
Location | |
![]() 45 ° 3 ′ 59 ″ N 1 ° 9 ′ 41 ″ E | |
Official site | |
Montignac is famous for its Lascaux caves, but it is also a very beautiful town with houses dating from the Middle Ages and buildings dating from the 14e, 15e and 16e centuries.
Understand
To go
Circulate
To see
While walking alongside the Vézère, you can admire the ruins of the royal castle looking down on the town.
- 1 Lascaux cave – cave classified as World Heritage by Unesco as a prehistoric site and decorated caves of the Vézère valley, also classified as a historic monument. It is forbidden to visit for the conservation of the site but its facsimile, "Lascaux 2", can be visited.
Do
To buy
Eat
Have a drink / Go out
Housing
Communicate
Around
- 1 Saint-Amand-de-Coly –
- 2 Sarlat-la-Canéda – capital of "Black Périgord"
- 3 Thonac – Losse castle
- 4 Valojoulx