Vercingétorix monument
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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. The architect for the memorial was Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.[2] The base has a 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.)
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Monument from afar
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Statue atop monument
References
- ^ Ministry of Culture, Mérimée PA21000061 Vercingétorix Monument
- ^ Statue of Vercingetorix, Art and Architecture, 2006
See also
- Hermannsdenkmal (Germany)