Article source: Snøhetta

The new International Centre for Cave Art (Centre International d’Art Parietal) in Montignac, France welcomes visitors to an immersive educational experience of the prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings. Known by archaeologists as the ‘Sistine Chapel of Prehistory’ due to their spiritual and historical significance, the 20,000-year-old paintings are among the finest known examples of art from the Paleolithic period.

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• Architects: Snøhetta
• Project: Lascaux IV
• Location: Montignac, France
• Total plot size: 53 065 m2

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