Gergovie Monument

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Gergovie Monument

Type	Monument in Volvic stone
Completion date	1900 (1900)

The Gergovie Monument (French: monument de Gergovie) or Memorial to Vercingetorix (French: monument commémoratif à Vercingétorix) is a monument by the Clermontois architect  [fr] built in 1900^[1] 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.^[1][2]

The monument was registered as a French Monument historique in March 2018^[3] (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.^[4]

Characteristics[]

Latin plate above the crypt door

The 26-meter-high monument^[1] is made of  [fr]. It is composed of a support base with 3 columns topped by Corinthian capitals and a Gaulish helmet in whimsical form.^[1] The base houses a crypt with a cenotaph of Vercingetorix.^[2] 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).

External links[]

• Old photos of the monument and the Gergovie plateau on pierreseche.com

Coordinates: 45°43′16″N 3°07′37″E / 45.7210°N 3.1269°E / 45.7210; 3.1269