Original: The Chauvet CaveFrench: La Grotte Chauvet or Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave is a cave in the Ardèche department of southern France that contains the earliest known cave paintings and other evidence of Upper Paleolithic life.
Simplified: The Chauvet CaveFrench: La Grotte Chauvet or Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave lies near Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, in the Ardèche département, in southern France.