Savonnières Petrifying Caves

(Local Name: Grottes Petrifiantes de Savonnières) Grottes Pétrifiantes de Savonnières were formed in the secondary era. They outer cave was first documented in 1547, while the second cave was not discovered until 1947. In the past, the caves were used as quarries for calcereous tufa, a white stone used to build nearby castles.

The caves include an underground cave, petrifying waterfalls, draperies, stalactites and stalagmites a Gallo-Roman cemetery, petrified objects and low-reliefs produced from 19th C lithographic stones and copper matrixes, models of prehistoric animals and a museum of petrification.