Английская Википедия:Gergovie Monument
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Expand French Шаблон:Infobox monument The Gergovie Monument (Шаблон:Lang-fr) or Memorial to Vercingetorix (French: monument commémoratif à Vercingétorix) is a monument by the Clermontois architect Шаблон:Ill 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
The 26-meter-high monument[1] is made of Шаблон:Ill. 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:Шаблон:Blockquote Translated into English: Шаблон:Blockquote
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
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 The Monument Шаблон:Webarchive, Tourist office of Gergovie Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ "Oppidum de Gergovie", French Ministry of Culture. Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ "List of the Historical monuments protected buildings in 2018", published in Journal Officiel de la République Française, 12 may 2019, text 18. Шаблон:In lang
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