Alliat
Alliat is a commune in the Ariège department and Occitanie region in southwestern France.Geography
Commune in the "Haute-Ariège" part of the Pyrenees located 15 km from the city of Foix and 5 km from the city of Tarascon-sur-Ariège, in the "Parc naturel régional des Pyrénées ariégeoises".Population
Inhabitants of Alliat are called Alliatois.Sights
- The "cave of the cow" : with distinctive archeological strata discovered in its entrance and in the "salle Monique", opened to the public in 1979. It produced a remarkably rich collection of prehistorical objects from the Magdalenian era, including a large number of harpoons and assegai points as well as more than 200 pieces of art: bones, engraved reindeer and red deer antlers, sculpture of animals, sometimes of humans, as well as rare species for that period: panther, bear, wolves, Saiga antelope, birds and salmon.
- Fortified cave Spoulgas d’Alliat: located 100 m south of the cave of the cow.
Activities
- Rock climbing around the caves
- Horse ridding
