| Type: | Monument in Volvic stone |
The Gergovie Monument (French: monument de Gergovie) or Memorial to Vercingetorix (French: monument commémoratif à Vercingétorix) is a monument by the Clermontois architect 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]
The 26-meter-high monument[1] is made of . 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:Translated into English: