Cave of the Trois-Frères
Grotte des Trois-Frères | |
Entrance to the Grotte du Tuc d'Audoubert, 1912 | |
Cave of the Trois-Frères Location in Occitania, France | |
| Alternative name | Les Trois Frères |
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| Location | Montesquieu-Avantes, Occitania, France |
| Coordinates | 43°1′52″N 1°12′30″E / 43.03111°N 1.20833°E |
| Type | limestone karst cave complex |
| Part of | Three cave-complex |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 15,000 years ago |
| Cultures | Magdalenian |
| Associated with | Paleolithic humans |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 1912 by Max, Jacques, Louis, and Henri Begouën |
| Archaeologists | Henri Breuil |
The Cave of the Trois-Frères is a cave in southwestern France famous for its paintings. It is located in Montesquieu-Avantès, in the Ariège département. The cave is named for three brothers (French: trois frères, pronounced [tʁwɑ fʁɛʁ]), Max, Jacques, and Louis Begouën, who, along with their father, Henri Begouën, discovered it in 1912. The drawings in the cave were made famous in the publications of the archeologist Henri Breuil. The cave art appears to date to around 15,000 years ago.