The Gergovie Monument () or Memorial to Vercingetorix (French: monument commémoratif à Vercingétorix) is a monument by the Clermontois architect built in 1900The Monument , Tourist office of Gergovie on the eastern edge of the Gergovie plateau, a few kilometers south of Clermont-Ferrand in the French departement of Puy-de-Dôme in Auvergne. It commemorates Vercingetorix's victory over Julius Caesar on this site in 52 BC.
The monument was registered as a French Monument historique in March 2018"Oppidum de Gergovie", French Ministry of Culture. (the oppidum was registered in 2013) and in November of the same year, the monument was classified, included in a much larger classification of a major part of the Gergovie plateau."List of the Historical monuments protected buildings in 2018", published in Journal Officiel de la République Française, 12 may 2019, text 18.
Characteristics
The 26-meter-high monument is made of . It is composed of a support base with 3 columns topped by Corinthian capitals and a Gaulish helmet in whimsical form. The base houses a crypt with a cenotaph of Vercingetorix. Three plates adorn the building.
One of the plates, above the entrance of the crypt on the west side, has the following inscription in Latin: Translated into English:
Photo gallery
See also
Monument à Vercingétorix of Millet.
References Partial translation of the French Wikipedia article (22 October 2019 version).
External links Old photos of the monument and the Gergovie plateau on pierreseche.com