Grotte de Pech Merle

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prehistoric cave show cave tourist attraction

Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.

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Label	Occurrences
Pech Merle cave	5
Grotte de Pech Merle canonical	4
Pech Merle cave paintings	2
Grotte de Pech Merle prehistoric art site	1
Grotte du Pech Merle	1
Pech Merle prehistoric cave	1
Pech Merle prehistoric cave paintings	1
Peche Merle cave	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T717537 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Grotte de Pech Merle
Context triple: [Occitanie, hasNotableCave, Grotte de Pech Merle]

A. Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
B. Dent du Géant
Dent du Géant is a striking granite peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, renowned among climbers for its distinctive tooth-like shape and challenging ascents.
C. Uplistsikhe cave city
Uplistsikhe cave city is an ancient rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia, notable for its complex of caves, tunnels, and structures carved into a cliff above the Mtkvari River.
D. Benagil Cave
Benagil Cave is a famous seaside grotto in Portugal known for its dramatic domed ceiling, natural skylight, and golden-sand beach accessible mainly by boat or kayak.
E. Grands Causses
Grands Causses is a rugged limestone plateau region in southern France known for its deep gorges, dramatic cliffs, and pastoral landscapes within the broader Massif Central.
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: Grotte de Pech Merle
Target entity description: Grotte de Pech Merle is a famous prehistoric cave in southern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic wall paintings and engravings.

A. Grotte de Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
B. Dent du Géant
Dent du Géant is a striking granite peak in the Mont Blanc massif of the Alps, renowned among climbers for its distinctive tooth-like shape and challenging ascents.
C. Uplistsikhe cave city
Uplistsikhe cave city is an ancient rock-hewn town in eastern Georgia, notable for its complex of caves, tunnels, and structures carved into a cliff above the Mtkvari River.
D. Benagil Cave
Benagil Cave is a famous seaside grotto in Portugal known for its dramatic domed ceiling, natural skylight, and golden-sand beach accessible mainly by boat or kayak.
E. Grands Causses
Grands Causses is a rugged limestone plateau region in southern France known for its deep gorges, dramatic cliffs, and pastoral landscapes within the broader Massif Central.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	prehistoric cave ⓘ show cave ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
containsDepictionOf	bison ⓘ geometric signs ⓘ horses ⓘ human figures ⓘ human hands ⓘ mammoths ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
discoveredBy	André David ⓘ Henri Dutetre ⓘ
discoveryYear	1922 ⓘ
estimatedAge	about 25,000 years BP ⓘ
hasArtCulture	Gravettian ⓘ Magdalenian ⓘ
hasArtPeriod	Upper Paleolithic ⓘ linked to: Stone Age
hasArtTechnique	charcoal drawing ⓘ engraving ⓘ finger tracing ⓘ spray painting ⓘ
hasConservationMeasure	controlled lighting ⓘ regulated humidity ⓘ restricted visitor numbers ⓘ
hasGeologicalType	limestone cave ⓘ
hasLength	approximately 1.5 kilometers of galleries ⓘ
hasManagement	local authorities of Cabrerets ⓘ
hasNearbyRiver	Célé River ⓘ
hasNotableFeature	engravings ⓘ natural concretions ⓘ negative hand stencils ⓘ prehistoric wall paintings ⓘ spotted horses panel ⓘ stalactites ⓘ stalagmites ⓘ
hasOnSiteMuseum	Musée de préhistoire du Pech Merle ⓘ
hasProtectionStatus	historic monument of France ⓘ
hasSignificance	important for study of prehistoric symbolism ⓘ major site of Paleolithic parietal art ⓘ
isPartOf	Pech Merle cave system ⓘ
locatedIn	Cabrerets ⓘ Lot department ⓘ Occitanie region ⓘ linked to: Occitanie southern France ⓘ linked to: Southern France
openedToPublic	1920s ⓘ
tourismType	cultural tourism ⓘ heritage tourism ⓘ

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