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The Regulus Caves

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The Regulus Caves

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Location: Meschers-Sur-Gironde, Saintes, New Aquitaine, France

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Matto

October 18, 2023

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The Regulus Caves, an urban cave site, are open to the public from Easter to All Saints Day. Overlooking the Gironde estuary and carved into limestone cliffs, the "holes" of Meschers welcome you in an exceptional setting. Originally natural, the Meschers caves were expanded by humans into a cave dwelling in the nineteenth century. The name Regulus comes from a French ship that was hunted by the English under Napoleon and sunk off Meschers.

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December 17, 2022

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Erosion has drawn natural cavities in the limestone cliffs that men have adopted and invested over the centuries: about fifteen caves and terraces overlooking the estuary follow one another over …

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Elevation 70 m

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Wednesday 26 August

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Location: Meschers-Sur-Gironde, Saintes, New Aquitaine, France

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