Vercingétorix monument
Monument à Vercingétorix | |
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Coordinates | 47°32′18.82″N 04°29′25.84″E / 47.5385611°N 4.4905111°ECoordinates: 47°32′18.82″N 04°29′25.84″E / 47.5385611°N 4.4905111°E |
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Location | Alesia, near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Côte-d'Or department, Burgundy, France |
Designer | Aimé Millet |
Type | Monument |
Height | 6.6 metres (22 ft) |
Completion date | 1865 |
Opening date | 1865 |
Dedicated to | Vercingétorix |
The Vercingetorix Monument (1865) is a statuary monument dedicated to the Gaulish chieftain Vercingetorix, defeated by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars. It is designated as a monument historique.[1]
The monument was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III from the sculptor Aimé Millet and installed in 1865 on Mont Auxois, near Alise-Sainte-Reine in the Côte-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France. The site was the supposed site of Alesia. Napoleon III erected the seven-meter-tall statue to commemorate Vercingetorix as a symbol of Gallic nationalism.[citation needed] The architect for the memorial was Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.[2] The base has an nationalistic inscription installed by Viollet-le-Duc, translating into French the words of Julius Caesar:
La Gaule unie
Formant une seule nation
Animée d'un même esprit,
Peut défier l'Univers.(Gaul united,
Forming a single nation
Animated by a common spirit,
Can defy the Universe.)
Monument from afar
Statue atop monument
References[]
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA21000061 Vercingétorix Monument
- ^ Statue of Vercingetorix, Art and Architecture, 2006
See also[]
- Hermannsdenkmal (Germany)
- Buildings and structures completed in 1865
- Landmarks in France
- Monuments and memorials in France
- Buildings and structures in Côte-d'Or
- Cultural depictions of Vercingetorix
- Statues of military officers
- Statues of monarchs