Puy-de-Dôme
Arrondissement of Clermont-Ferrand
La Roche-Blanche

Gergovie Monument

The Gergovie Monument or Memorial to Vercingetorix is a monument by the Clermontois architect Jean Teillard built in 1900 on the eastern edge of the , a few kilometers south of in the French departement of in .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Archeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia and Oppidum de Gergovie.

Museum
Photo: Musée de Gergovie, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 140 metres south of Gergovie Monument.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 310 metres northwest of Gergovie Monument.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 1 km south of Gergovie Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gergovie plateau and Gergovie.

Locality
The is a plateau of the located 10 km to the south of , , Auvergne, and is named after the nearby village of .

Hamlet
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is a French village in the commune of in the département, a few kilometres south of . It is situated at the foot of the plateau, the official but disputed site of the Battle of Gergovia, where…

Town
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is a commune located in the department of in the region in southeast . As of 2017 its population was 10,061. is situated 3½ km north of Gergovie Monument.

Gergovie Monument

Latitude
45.72099° or 45° 43′ 16″ north
Longitude
3.12689° or 3° 7′ 37″ east
Open location code
8FQ5P4CG+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 148955090
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q71600879
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to French—“Gergovie Monument” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include GERGOVIE and escalade.

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