Gergovie Monument

The Gergovie Monument (French: monument de Gergovie) or Memorial to Vercingetorix (French: monument commémoratif à Vercingétorix) is a monument by the Clermontois architect Jean Teillard [fr] 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.

It is composed of a support base with 3 columns topped by Corinthian capitals and a Gaulish helmet in whimsical form.

One of the plates, above the entrance of the crypt on the west side, has the following inscription in Latin:GERGOVIAIN HIS LOCIS DVX ARVERNORVMVERCINGETORIXC CESAREM INVADENTEM PROFLIGAVIT

Translated into English: Gergovie / In this place, the Arverni chief / Vercingetorix / defeated the invader Gaius Caesar

Latin plate above the crypt door