Word: rouffignac
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...importance of limiting visitation and keeping a close eye on the cave's condition." The same precautions are maintained at font de gaume, a cave located just down the Vézère valley from Lascaux. Privately-owned Tuc d'Audoubert and Trois Freres have never admitted tourists. Rouffignac, another privately-owned cave 25 km west of Lascaux, has a natural advantage: its massive size. The cave's owners installed an electric train through some of its 8 km of tunnels in 1959. The carriages transport 30 people at a time into the cave, which has no fixed illumination...
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