A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Roque Saint-Christophe is the most extensive cave/cliff dwelling yet to be discovered. Its five floors stretch over 400m. From 40,000BC until the Middle Ages, people called it home. The square holes that you see carved into the cliff date from the Middle Ages. The beams that held up the roofs were slotted into them. The larger holes were used as cupboards.

A UNESCO World Heritage site, the Roque Saint-Christophe is the most extensive cave/cliff dwelling yet to be discovered. Its five floors stretch over 400m. From 40,000BC until the Middle Ages, people called it home. The square holes that you see carved into the cliff date from the Middle Ages. The beams that held up the roofs were slotted into them. The larger holes were used as cupboards.
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