Niaux
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Niaux is a commune
in the Ariège
department in southwestern France
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Located on the right banks of the Vicdessos river, Niaux is best known for the Cave of Niaux
. The cave is world famous for its prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses from the Magdalénien era.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Ariège
Ariège
Ariège is a department in southwestern France named after the Ariège River.- History :Ariège is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from the counties of Foix and Couserans....
department in southwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Located on the right banks of the Vicdessos river, Niaux is best known for the Cave of Niaux
Cave of Niaux
The Cave of Niaux is located in Niaux in the Ariège département of south-western France. Like Lascaux it contains many prehistoric paintings of superior quality, in the case of Niaux from the Magdalenian period....
. The cave is world famous for its prehistoric cave paintings of bison and horses from the Magdalénien era.