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Lascaux

British  
/ lasko /

noun

  1. the site of a cave in SW France, in the Dordogne: contains Palaeolithic wall drawings and paintings

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Visitors to Les Combarelles, Rouffignac, Lascaux and the other caves are often profoundly moved by what they find,” he writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Dordogne is home to some of the best-known prehistoric art in Europe, including the paintings at Lascaux.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

Reagan called film “the world’s most enduring art form,” which must have puzzled admirers of Mozart, Giotto and the Lascaux Cave paintings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2023

“It is unthinkable that any culture would knowingly destroy Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids or the Lascaux caves in France,” Plibersek told Parliament.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2022

And they want to see what is left of our Caves of Lascaux.

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor

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