History of the monument

A remarkable decorated cave

When the general public think of prehistory, they think of the landscapes of the Dordogne, not the Gironde. And yet... It's in the commune of Prignac and Marcamps that the only decorated cave in the department is located.

Legend has it that on 6 March 1881 , a cow was to mark a turning point in the history of prehistory in Gironde, and indeed the world.

But it was only a legend, because it was François Daleau, a 19th century archaeologist, who was the first person in 20,000 years to set foot on the floor of the Pair-non-Pair cave, one of the oldest decorated caves known to date!

The engravings in the cave are almost 32,000 years old, dating back to the Aurignacian period !

The cave houses an exceptional bestiary of horses, bison, ibex, deer and mammoths, as well as an exceptional depiction of a megaceros, making it a must-see prehistoric site.