The Abri de Laussel is a rock shelter located in the Dordogne region of southwestern France, near the commune of Marquay. Situated within the Vézère Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site rich in Upper Palaeolithic archaeology, the shelter is best known for its monumental limestone bas-relief carvings, most notably the so-called Venus of Laussel, dated to approximately 25,000 years BP and attributed to the Gravettian period. The site was discovered in 1911 by physician and amateur archaeologist Jean-Gaston Lalanne. The site is now represented primarily by its artefacts housed in the Musée d’Aquitaine in Bordeaux.
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