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Only a Handful of People Can Enter the Chauvet Cave Each Year. Our Reporter Was One of Them. | Arts & Culture| Smithsonian Magazine
![Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, Ardèche - UNESCO World Heritage Centre Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, Ardèche - UNESCO World Heritage Centre](https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/thumbs/site_1426_0001-1200-630-20221003170527.jpg)
Decorated Cave of Pont d'Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d'Arc, Ardèche - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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Finally, the Beauty of France's Chauvet Cave Makes its Grand Public Debut | History| Smithsonian Magazine
![The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southern France is a cave that contains the earliest known and best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world – Digitourist The Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in the Ardèche department of southern France is a cave that contains the earliest known and best preserved figurative cave paintings in the world – Digitourist](https://digitourist.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/chauvet-4.png?w=920&h=652)