Since 4 teenagers discovered it in 1940, the Lascaux cave painted nearly 17,000 years ago fascinates and intrigues. Closed in 1963 to ensure its preservation, it was placed under the protection of the French State.
The copy of Lascaux is situated 200m away from the original cave, up a hill overlooking Montignac, in the heart of the Vézère valley, listed as World heritage by UNESCO thanks to its many prehistoric sites. Lascaux II is the exact copy in three dimensions of Lascaux cave, closed to the public since 1963.
At the time, the point was to hand over to the people of today, 17 000 years old messages thanks to a technological achievement and scientific approach.
Lascaux II opened to the public on july 18th, 1983 and welcomes around 250 000 visitors a year since then.
