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Cavillon Cave at Grimaldi in Grimaldi, Italy

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via Julia Augustus at the Balzi-Rossi caves in Grimaldi

The Cavillon cave of the Balzi Rossi is a charming place of rare beauty, and also a major prehistoric site in Europe; Cro-Magnon burials from 24,000 B.C.E. and female figurines known as "Venuses" were discovered here.

Located in Grimaldi, near Menton and Ventimiglia, the caves are found at the base of a cliff that faces the Roman old Via Iulia Augusta on the Mediterranean shore at French-Italian border.  The place and it's museum is open to visitors.


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