Grotte de Mas d’Azil

E95322

archaeological site prehistoric cave tourist attraction

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.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

AI illustration

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Grotte de Mas d’Azil canonical	3
Grotte du Mas-d’Azil	2
Mas-d’Azil	2
Mas-d’Azil Cave	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T717545 — 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 Mas d’Azil
Context triple: [Occitanie, hasNotableCave, Grotte de Mas d’Azil]

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 Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
C. Grotte des Demoiselles
Grotte des Demoiselles is a famous limestone show cave in southern France known for its vast chambers, dramatic stalactite and stalagmite formations, and underground cathedral-like hall.
D. Grotte de la Cocalière
Grotte de la Cocalière is a famous show cave in southern France known for its impressive limestone formations and underground galleries open to visitors.
E. Grotte de Bétharram
Grotte de Bétharram is an extensive show cave complex in southwestern France renowned for its impressive limestone formations and underground river, accessible via guided tours by foot, boat, and train.
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 Mas d’Azil
Target entity description: 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.

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 Niaux
Grotte de Niaux is a famous prehistoric cave in southwestern France renowned for its well-preserved Paleolithic cave paintings.
C. Grotte des Demoiselles
Grotte des Demoiselles is a famous limestone show cave in southern France known for its vast chambers, dramatic stalactite and stalagmite formations, and underground cathedral-like hall.
D. Grotte de la Cocalière
Grotte de la Cocalière is a famous show cave in southern France known for its impressive limestone formations and underground galleries open to visitors.
E. Grotte de Bétharram
Grotte de Bétharram is an extensive show cave complex in southwestern France renowned for its impressive limestone formations and underground river, accessible via guided tours by foot, boat, and train.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ prehistoric cave ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture	Azilian ⓘ Magdalenian ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
crossedBy	Arize River ⓘ
discoveredBy	local inhabitants ⓘ
excavatedBy	Henri Breuil ⓘ Édouard Piette ⓘ
excavationStartDate	late 19th century ⓘ
formedIn	limestone ⓘ
gaveNameTo	Azilian culture ⓘ
geologicalType	karst cave ⓘ
has	interpretive displays ⓘ visitor center ⓘ
hasFeature	large entrance portal ⓘ natural tunnel ⓘ subterranean galleries ⓘ
hasFinding	engraved bones ⓘ faunal remains ⓘ flint tools ⓘ harpoons ⓘ human remains ⓘ painted pebbles ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate	19th century ⓘ
heritageStatus	Monument historique of France ⓘ
knownFor	Azilian culture remains ⓘ Magdalenian occupation ⓘ Paleolithic remains ⓘ decorated pebbles ⓘ human burials ⓘ prehistoric fauna remains ⓘ
locatedIn	Ariège department ⓘ Occitanie region ⓘ linked to: Occitanie southwestern France ⓘ
nearestSettlement	Mas-d’Azil ⓘ linked to: Grotte de Mas d’Azil
offers	guided tours ⓘ
openToPublic	true ⓘ
partOf	Pyrenean foothills karst system ⓘ
period	Mesolithic ⓘ Upper Paleolithic ⓘ
significance	key site for transition from Paleolithic to Mesolithic in Western Europe ⓘ type-site for Azilian culture ⓘ
traversedBy	road D119 ⓘ
usedAs	prehistoric habitation site ⓘ refuge ⓘ ritual site ⓘ

How these facts were elicited