Artist Aimé Millet Architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc | Phone +33 3 80 96 89 13 | |
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Address 21150 Alise-Sainte-Reine, France Similar MuséoParc Alésia, Château de Bussy‑Rabutin, Abbey of Fontenay, Forges de Buffon, Château de Montbard | ||
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.
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. The base has an nationalistic inscription installed by Viollet-le-Duc, translating into French the words of Julius Caesar:
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