As worldwide announced, the replica of the prehistorical Cosquer cave opened on July 4th, and it is phe-no-me-nal ! On the first weekend, more than 10 000 people came to visit this new cultural gem, and it's been going strong since the opening. Tourists, locals, families, seniors, everyone was won over by the 35-minutes visit of
the cave in the little electric and silent trolleys with the comments in your ear (available in 6 languages), but also by the film on the incredible story of Henri Cosquer during his discovery, the life-size reconstructions of animals now extinct represented in the cave, the landscape of the Calanques 30,000 years ago, plus the differents
spaces dedicated to climate and rising sea levels.
Historical reminder : in the 1990s, the diver Henri Cosquer found in the Calanques, at a depth of 37 meters, a cave decorated with more than 500 Paleolithic drawings, later dated between -27,000 and -19,000 BC. Because of the difficulty of accessibility the cave remains closed to the public, hence the opening of the replica on the Villa
Méditerranée, just next to the Mucem.
Source: "What's New! Marseille Tourism Office 2023"
Cosquer méditerranée is open every day from Monday to Sunday and on public holidays.
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