Vercingétorix 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]

Vercingétorix monument

Monument à Vercingétorix
Coordinates	47°32′18.82″N 04°29′25.84″E
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 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.)

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  Monument from afar
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  Statue atop monument