Pourquoi on ne peut plus visiter Lascaux ?

La Grotte de Lascaux est une grotte préhistorique découverte en 1940 par 4 adolescents à Montignac en Dordogne dans la vallée de la Vézère. Dès 1948, le site est ouvert au public. Malheureusement, son exploitation touristique intensive cause des dégradations irréversibles et le site doit fermer en 1963.

What is Lascaux 4?

• A complete and never-yet-seen copy relates the dicovery of the famous painted cave. But the adventure does not stop there : the whole tour questions the place Lascaux has in cave art and its links with contemporary creation. Lascaux 4 marks the beginning of a new adventure uniting the emotion of an ancestral art with technological achievement.

What time does Lascaux IV open?

• Lascaux IV is open every day from 9am-7pm. How do I buy tickets to Lascaux IV? If there are no tickets left online for the day you wish to visit, the official website for Lascaux IV states “each day a number of tickets will be available for purchase at the ticket office of Lascaux IV on day of visit”

How many visitors does Lascaux 2 attract?

• Lascaux 2 attracts over 250,000 visitors a year. In a few months time, 15 December, Lascaux 4 will open. Read on for five reasons why Lascaux 4 will not just be a bigger and better Lascaux 2. The new International Centre for Cave art in Montignac, France opens 15 December 2016.

What is the difference between Lascaux II and Lascau International Center?

• It’s wet and dark, the sounds are muffled. Lascaux International Center is more complete than Lascaux II Because the cave is reconstituted in its almost entirety. She also has an interpretation room to decipher her works, a 3d cinema, a « theatre » and a temporary exhibition…