Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche

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UNESCO World Heritage Site archaeological site prehistoric decorated cave

The Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, is a prehistoric cave in southern France famed for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings, some of the oldest known in the world.

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Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche canonical	2
Decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc	1

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Target entity: Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
Context triple: [Ardèche, UNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche]

A. Grotte de Pech Merle
Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.
B. Grotte de Mas d’Azil
Grotte de Mas d’Azil is a large prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its Paleolithic and Azilian archaeological remains and dramatic natural tunnel traversed by a road and river.
C. Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
D. Grotte de la Madeleine
Grotte de la Madeleine is a famous show cave in southern France known for its impressive limestone formations and underground chambers along the Gorges de l’Ardèche.
E. Grotte de l’Aven Noir
Grotte de l’Aven Noir is a spectacular limestone cave in southern France known for its vast underground chambers, impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations, and guided speleological tours.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
Target entity description: The Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, is a prehistoric cave in southern France famed for its exceptionally well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings, some of the oldest known in the world.

A. Grotte de Pech Merle
Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.
B. Grotte de Mas d’Azil
Grotte de Mas d’Azil is a large prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its Paleolithic and Azilian archaeological remains and dramatic natural tunnel traversed by a road and river.
C. Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
D. Grotte de la Madeleine
Grotte de la Madeleine is a famous show cave in southern France known for its impressive limestone formations and underground chambers along the Gorges de l’Ardèche.
E. Grotte de l’Aven Noir
Grotte de l’Aven Noir is a spectacular limestone cave in southern France known for its vast underground chambers, impressive stalactite and stalagmite formations, and guided speleological tours.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric decorated cave ⓘ
accessPolicy	closed to the general public ⓘ
associatedCulture	Aurignacian ⓘ Gravettian ⓘ
contains	Paleolithic human footprints ⓘ Paleolithic parietal art ⓘ cave bear remains ⓘ charcoal drawings ⓘ charcoal fragments ⓘ engravings ⓘ hearths ⓘ red ochre paintings ⓘ
containsDepictionOf	abstract signs ⓘ bears ⓘ bison ⓘ horses ⓘ human hand stencils ⓘ lions ⓘ mammoths ⓘ rhinoceroses ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
discoveredBy	Christian Hillaire ⓘ Jean-Marie Chauvet ⓘ Éliette Brunel-Deschamps ⓘ linked to: Eliette Brunel-Deschamps
discoveryDate	1994-12-18 ⓘ
earliestArtDateApprox	around 36,000 years ago ⓘ
geologicalFormation	limestone cave ⓘ
hasHeritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasReplica	Caverne du Pont-d’Arc (Chauvet 2) ⓘ linked to: Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave
hasSignificance	contains some of the oldest known figurative cave paintings in the world ⓘ exceptional state of preservation ⓘ
laterArtDateApprox	around 30,000 years ago ⓘ
locatedIn	Ardèche department ⓘ Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region ⓘ southern France ⓘ linked to: Southern France
locatedOn	left bank of the Ardèche River ⓘ
management	French Ministry of Culture ⓘ
namedAfter	Jean-Marie Chauvet ⓘ
near	Pont d’Arc natural bridge ⓘ linked to: Pont d’Arc natural stone arch Vallon-Pont-d’Arc ⓘ linked to: Gorges de l’Ardèche
period	Upper Paleolithic ⓘ
reasonForRestrictedAccess	protection of fragile paintings and microclimate ⓘ
researchField	Paleolithic art studies ⓘ prehistoric archaeology ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(i) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2014 ⓘ

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Ardèche → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche ⓘ

Ardèche department → hasUNESCOSite → Decorated cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc ⓘ

linked to: Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche

World Heritage Sites in France → includesSite → Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche ⓘ

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