Brassempouy: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The PréhistoSite Museum presents archaeological collections from the excavations at the Grottes du Pape. It also displays casts of prehistoric statuettes, including the “Dame à la capuche”.

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Culture

The Grottes du Pape are one of the few archaeological sites in Europe to show all the major cultures of the Upper Palaeolithic, from the Châtelperronian to the Magdalenian; their settlement layers span more than 30,000 years of human history.

The “Dame à la capuche” is considered one of the most famous works of Palaeolithic art. In 1894, it was discovered by Édouard Piette and Joseph de Laporterie, together with four other mammoth-ivory statuettes, in the Grotte du Pape in Brassempouy.

Educational activities

The PréhistoSite Museum has an educational area designed for children, featuring a reconstruction of a prehistoric habitat where objects and natural materials can be touched and examined.

Tours led by the PréhistoSite’s cultural mediators provide access to the Grottes du Pape archaeological site.

ArchéoParc

The ArchéoParc features life-size reconstructions of prehistoric dwellings and animals.

At the ArchéoParc, cultural mediators demonstrate fire-making and flint-working techniques every day.

At the ArchéoParc, visitors can try prehistoric hunting with a spearthrower.

Surroundings

The Abbaye de Pontaut is a historic site in the vicinity of Brassempouy. The Abbaye de Sauvelade is a historic site in the wider region around Brassempouy. The Abbaye de Saint-Sever is a church in the wider region around Brassempouy.

Landscape

A wide panorama over Chalosse can be enjoyed from the roof terrace of a museum.

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More destinations

More places within the same destination:

Montfort-En-Chalosse, Mimbaste, Messanges, Bascons, Losse, Poyanne, Vielle-Soubiran, Créon-D'armagnac.