Vercingétorix monument

Statue atop monument

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]

Monument from afar

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. 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.)

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA21000061 Vercingétorix Monument
  2. ↑ Statue of Vercingetorix, Art and Architecture, 2006

Coordinates: 47°32′19″N 4°29′26″E / 47.53856°N 4.49051°E / 47.53856; 4.49051

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