The troglodyte sites of Dordogne Périgord

Since the prehistoric times, the Périgord cliffs have sheltered Cave dwellingsThe Dordogne is a region with an impressive natural architecture, sometimes in the state of simple vestiges visible here and there during your travels, some sites are remarkably preserved and can be visited. Discover the selection of Périgord.com of the most beautiful sites once inhabited by our ancestors in the Dordogne, entire villages built in the rock and overlooking the valleys of the Périgord! You can choose to use the term Troglodyte Yes Troglodytic.

La Roque GAGEAC

Village between the cliff and the River Dordogne

La Roque Gageac is one of the most beautiful villages in France, nestled against a huge limestone cliff in the hollow of a meander of the Dordogne river.

La Roque-Gageac

Caves of the Roc de Cazelle

Prehistory, history and nature in the land of man

Come to discover the Caves of the Roc de Cazelle a seizing prehistoric park where are presented to you the reconstitutions of the life of our...

Route de Sarlat
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil

Village of la Madeleine

A walk of 17000 years in the rock

An invitation to step back in time... One of the best-preserved natural sites in the Vézère valley, the village of...

Tursac

Belvès

Classified as the most beautiful villages in France, troglodytic dwellings

Belvès is ideally situated in the heart of the Périgord Noir, 15 km north of Monpazier and 20 km south of Sarlat. You will find a...

Belvès

Roque Saint Christophe

La Roque Saint-Christophe Troglodyte Fort and City

Halfway between LES EYZIES and MONTIGNAC-LASCAUX, the cliff of the ROQUE SAINT CHRISTOPHE rises steeply from the Vézère. This real wall...

La Roque Saint-Christophe
Peyzac-le-Moustier

Chateau de Commarque

The Mysteries of the Forgotten Fortress

Château de Commarque: a medieval castrum Overlooking the Beune valley, Château de Commarque was built to protect...

Route du Château de Commarque
Les Eyzies

The Fort of La Roque Gageac

One of the most beautiful panoramas of the Périgord Noir

The Fort of La Roque Gageac is an ancient medieval fortification from the 12th century overlooking the Dordogne River by 120m and offering a panoramic view of the...

La Roque-Gageac

Cap Blanc Shelter

A carved bestiary of the Magdalenian

The shelter of Cap Blanc is located on the commut of Marquay to the east of Les Eyzies, it is a site managed by the National Monuments...

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Marquay

The Wizard's Cave

prehistoric decorated cave and troglodytic site

The Cave of the Sorcerer is located on the heights of the small village of Saint-Cirq between Le Bugue and Les Eyzies de Taillac. The cave is nestled in the hollow of the...

Les Eyzies

Maison Forte de Reignac

Unique troglodytic "cliff castle" in France, museum of torture

The fortified house of Reignac has been preserved in an exceptional state since the 14th century and is entirely period.

Tursac

National Museum of Prehistory

More than 18,000 pieces in a completely new museography

Located in the old castle of Les Eyzies de Taillac since 1911, embedded in the cliff overlooking the village, the National Museum of the...

Museum Street 1
Les Eyzies