Gergovie Monument
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.
Characteristics
The 26-meter-high monument is made of Volvic stone . 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:
GERGOVIA
IN HIS LOCIS DVX ARVERNORVM
VERCINGETORIX
C CESAREM INVADENTEM PROFLIGAVIT
Translated into English:
Gergovie / In this place, the Arverni chief / Vercingetorix / defeated the invader Gaius Caesar
Photo gallery
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The Gergovie plateau seen from south with the monument in the background
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Other side of the building with a plate with the name of officials who contributed to its construction.
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The winged helmet "Gaulish".
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The monument seen from one of the rooms of the Museum of the battle of Gergovia (MAB).
See also
- Monument à Vercingétorix of Millet.
References
- Partial translation of the French Wikipedia article (22 October 2019 version).
- ^ The Monument Archived 2020-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, Tourist office of Gergovie (in French)
- ^ Ehrard, Antoinette (1980). Vercingétorix contre Gergovie ? Nos ancêtres les Gaulois (in French). Clermont-Ferrand: Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines de Clermont-Ferrand.
- ^ "Oppidum de Gergovie", French Ministry of Culture. (in French)
- ^ "List of the Historical monuments protected buildings in 2018", published in Journal Officiel de la République Française, 12 may 2019, text 18. (in French)
External links
- Old photos of the monument and the Gergovie plateau Archived 2019-10-23 at the Wayback Machine on pierreseche.com