Opening this month - la Grotte Chauvet Pont d'Arc - would love to see it, but we are in Spain & Portugal this year for hols.
"A facsimile of Chauvet Cave, on the model of the so-called "Faux Lascaux", is opening to the general public in April, 2015. It’s the largest cave replica ever built worldwide, ten times bigger than the Lascaux facsimile. All geological and archaeological features, such as paintings and engravings, are reproduced full-size in an underground environment identical to the original one. Visitors’ senses will be stimulated by the same sensations of silence, obscurity, temperature, humidity and acoustics, carefully reproduced. The Chauvet Cave is a model for the conservation and management of decorated caves." (Wikipedia)
"A facsimile of Chauvet Cave, on the model of the so-called "Faux Lascaux", is opening to the general public in April, 2015. It’s the largest cave replica ever built worldwide, ten times bigger than the Lascaux facsimile. All geological and archaeological features, such as paintings and engravings, are reproduced full-size in an underground environment identical to the original one. Visitors’ senses will be stimulated by the same sensations of silence, obscurity, temperature, humidity and acoustics, carefully reproduced. The Chauvet Cave is a model for the conservation and management of decorated caves." (Wikipedia)
