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Musée de Préhistoire
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The site of Tautavel Cave (also called Caune de l'Arago) is an ancient karst cave in the Tautavel valley of France with over 35 feet of deposits containing over 40 very old stratified occupations, dated between 450,000 and 100,000 years before the present. Stone tools and faunal remains have been found in abundance. The oldest layers include several bone and bone fragments of several individuals of the so-called Tautavel Man, called Homo erectus tautavelensis. Archaeologist Henry de Lumley of the Institut de Paléontologie Humaine has been excavating the cave since 1964 and continues research today...
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Musée des Beaux-Arts |
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The 'Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne' is housed in the old Présidial building, and consists of a collection of western paintings from the 17th to the 20th Century. The paintings and ceramics make this museum a splendid panoramic survey of European art from the 17th century to the present day. Educational tours throughout the school year. Guided tours for groups by prior appointment. Three temporary exhibitions every year. The 'Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne' includes 17th Century French paintings like François Perrier's 'Acis and Galatea', the Italian Mattia Preti's 'The Denial of Saint Peter' the Dutchman Jan Van Goyen's 'Fermes au bord de la mer', and the Flemish Frans Francken the Younger's 'The Seven Works of Charity'.
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Eburomagus -
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Eburomagus, the House of Archaeology is located in the heart of the village of Bram. It houses a permanent exhibition section together with an temporary exhibition area. The House of ogy presents 6 themes showing the wealth of the archaeological heritage of Lauragais from the prehistoric period to the middle ages. These include everyday life, exchanges, funeral rituals, etc. But it is the period of Roman antiquity that is of the greatest interest in view of the importance of the "Vicus Eburomagus", especially in relation to its pottery workshops....
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