Contrazy (Ariège)

Photos de Contrazy

Map of the Tuc d'Audoubert cave in Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège, France. The map is dated 1913. This cave is a Magdalenian site, mainly Magdalenian IV ; the map shows the places where art was found, including the famous clay bisons sculpture. par Fæ (CC BY 4.0)

Montesquieu-Avantès (Ariège, Midi-Pyrénées, France) - An end-of-afternoon view of the pyrenean foothills in Ariège. (link to googlemaps' street camera -> View south from the road to Férrié, a hamlet located a good mile north of Montesquieu). The hamlet of Audoubert is on the right of the electric pole near the road and of the end of the portion of road seen here; we can see two of its outside buildings, possible two small barns. It stands at the foot af a rather pointed-top steep hill; behind that hill on the left (on its S-E side), also at its foot (unseen here), is the cave of Tuc d'Audoubert. Further away, we can see a few buildings from the village (Montesquieu) behind that same hill on its right (about level with its mid-slope right side). On the horizon, the highest peak is Mont Valier (alt. 2 838 m / 9,311 ft). par Olybrius (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Grotte des Trois-Frères, Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège, France. Engraving on cave wall representing several animals including a bear with a wolf's head and another bear with a bison tail. Total width : 38 cm (near 15 in). par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Grotte des Trois-Frères, Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège, France. Engraving on cave wall representing a bear expelling something from his mouth. His body is covered with smallish spots or circles, and with straight lines in many directions. Henri Breuil interprets it as a bear wounded with arrow shots that looks like it's vomiting blood. Total length : 60 cm (23.6 in). par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Grotte des Trois-Frères, Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège, France. Engraving on cave wall known as "le petit sorcier à la flûte" (small shaman playing the flute") or "petit sorcier à l'arc musical" ("... musical bow"). Reproduction par Henri Breuil (1930). This picture has often been used to "demonstrate" prehistoric music, but a recent study shows that it more likely is a man walking on his hands and knees (among other clues is the orientation of the tail of the animal skin that covers the figure). par Pueblo89 (Public domain)

Caves of the Volp, Montesquieu-Avantès, Ariège, France. Composite image of famous Magdalenian art pieces from these three caves, from left to right and top to bottom : the Grasshopper (cave of Enlène) ; the clay bisons ("bisons d'argile, cave of Tuc d'Audoubert) ; the Sorcerer (Trois-Frères) ; tête de renne gravée (Tuc d'Audoubert) par Pueblo89 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

This building is inscrit au titre des monuments historiques de la France. It is indexed in the base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the reference PA00093823 . par Paris 16 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

This building is inscrit au titre des monuments historiques de la France. It is indexed in the base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the reference PA00093823 . par Paris 16 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Montesquieu-Avantès (Ariège, France) - Le Volp à Coustalats. par Olybrius (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Montesquieu-Avantès (Ariège, France) - La place du village. par Olybrius (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  09230 Contrazy
  
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