Le Moustier

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Le Moustier is a French prehistoric site located in the commune of Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, on the border of the commune of Peyzac-le-Moustier, in the Vézère valley in the Dordogne department. It has two main shelters: the upper shelter (known as Moustérien), and the lower shelter opening about fifteen meters lower in the same cliff, at the current level of the Vézère valley. It is one of fifteen "prehistoric sites and caves adorned with the Vézère Valley" registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1979.