The ''Gergovie Monument'' (french: monument de Gergovie) or ''Memorial to Vercingetorix'' (French: ''monument commémoratif à Vercingétorix'') is a monument by the Clermontois architect built in 1900
, Tourist office of Gergovie on the eastern edge of the

Gergovie plateau The Gergovie plateau is a plateau of the Massif Central located 10 km to the south of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France and is named after the nearby village of Gergovie. It is the site of the Battle of Gergovia between Verc ...

, a few kilometers south of

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in the French departement of

Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, label=Auvergnat, lo Puèi de Doma or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2019, it had a population of 662,152.Auvergne Auvergne (; ; oc, label=Occitan, Auvèrnhe or ) is a former administrative region in central France, comprising the four departments of Allier, Puy-de-Dôme, Cantal and Haute-Loire. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Auverg ...

. 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 (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 ''

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'', 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

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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

File:Plateau de Gergovie au soleil couchant.jpg, The Gergovie plateau seen from south with the monument in the background File:63 Gergovie monument.jpg, Other side of the building with a plate with the name of officials who contributed to its construction. File:63 Gergovie monument 1.jpg, The winged helmet "Gaulish". File:Monument de Gergovie vue depuis le musée.jpg, The monument seen from one of the rooms of the Museum of the battle of Gergovia (MAB).

References

* Partial translation of the French Wikipedia article (22 October 2019 version).

External links

Old photos of the monument and the Gergovie plateau
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Characteristics

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