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Many words were written about the Dordogne, on its wealth, its beauty, its miracles.Land of the origin of the man,the cradle of humanity,it's above all the harmony of time,a whirlwind of colours, flavors, extremes savours; and especially a masterful and warm nature. It's in this region which knew how to preserve its qualities of life, that we propose you a journey through time. We don't pretend to be able to summarize millions of years in some lines, we stopped presenting you briefly the most striking periods of time of our region;whichso numerous vestiges constitute the alive witnesses of past. |
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prehistory begins there're several hundreds of thousand years.It establishes a long period commencing during the appearance of the man on the Earth, and continuing until the first discovered means of modern communication:the writing,and so came the beginning of the history. It's in 1868, that was found the first Homo Sapiens Sapiens called Cro-Magnon man, near the village of Les Eysies. The Man of Combe-Capelle, listed as the oldest Homo Sapiens Sapiens known in Europe at present, is found, later, in 1909 at the cliff of Combe-Capelle near Saint Avit Sénieur and near Montferrand du Périgord in the valley of Couze. The origin of this deposit would go back to 35000 years before Jesus Christ.
Witnesses of hundreds of years of sharing of influence with (among others ) the kingdom of England;more than 1000 castles, abbeys, and numerous momuments classified in the Dordogne offer an unique occasion to discover in this region, the architectural evolution through time since the previous history of the man until our days. To consult the list of the links towards dedicated Web sites to these miracles of past, please, click here. |
Among sites and Prehistoric deposits of first importance in the Dordogne,let's quote: - The cave of Lascaut II). - Bara-Bahau's cave. - Proumeyssac's abyss. - The Troglodytic site of La Roque Saint-Christophe. And so many others...
You'll find the list of the links towards Web sites existing this day, and dedicated to the Prehistory in Périgord by clicking here To see beautiful sceneries from the Dordogne,click here |
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