Country France Department Dordogne Intercommunality Terre de Cro-Magnon Area 37.44 km² Arrondissement Sarlat-la-Canéda | Region Nouvelle-Aquitaine Canton Saint-Cyprien Population (2008) 835 Local time Wednesday 11:39 PM | |
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Weather 7°C, Wind NE at 5 km/h, 88% Humidity Points of interest Font‑de‑Gaume, Château de Commarque, Les Combarelles, Museo Nacional de Prehis, Les grottes du Roc de Cazelle | ||
Dordogne les eyzies de tayac sireuil
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil (Occitan: Las Aisiás de Taiac e Siruèlh) is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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- Dordogne les eyzies de tayac sireuil
- Map of 24620 Les Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil France
- History
- References
Map of 24620 Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, France
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil lies in the Périgord Noir area. It is served by the Gare des Eyzies railway station. This locale is home to the Musée national de Préhistoire (National Museum of Prehistory) and the area contains several important archaeological sites, including the Font-de-Gaume, Grotte du Grand-Roc and Lascaux cave prehistoric rock dwellings. Les Eyzies-de-Tayac was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979.
History
In March 1868, the geologist Louis Lartet, financed by Henry Christy, discovered the first five skeletons of Cro-Magnons, the earliest known examples of Homo sapiens sapiens, in the Cro-Magnon rock shelter at Les Eyzies-de-Tayac. These skeletons included a foetus, and the skulls found were remarkably modern-looking and much rounder than the earlier Neanderthal.