La Cave aux Sculptures

The village of Dénezé-sous-Doué is home to the most unusual site in the Saumur region: hundreds of characters carved into the wall of the cave are intertwined in a gigantic cartoon strip sculpted in tufa stone. A visit off the beaten track...

Are you curious and capable of wonder? All you have to do is descend the few steps that separate the Cave aux Sculptures from the surface to enter a surreal, magical and moving world. Listed as a Historic Monument by André Malraux, this is a unique site and, even today, one of history's great enigmas.

Hundreds of figures were sculpted in total obscurity by unknown artists in tufa stone between the 15th and 17th centuries... Several hypotheses have been put forward by archaeologists and historians. Far from the mass tourism sites, come and discover this mysterious cellar, while you still can... You won't easily forget it!