Tropaeum Alpium
The Tropaeum Alpium is a Roman trophy celebrating the emperor Augustus's decisive victory over the tribes who populated the Alps. The monument's ruins are in La Turbie, a few kilometers from the Principality of Monaco.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Turbie and Cemetery of La Turbie.
Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Turbie
Church
Photo: Aimelaime, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chapelle Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Turbie is a church.
Fontaine de La Turbie
Fountain
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Turbie and Les Moneghetti.
La Turbie
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Turbie is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. It borders the Principality of Monaco, which is southeast of it. Albert II, Prince of Monaco owns a secondary residence in La Turbie.
Les Moneghetti
Suburb
Photo: Timothy Titus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les Moneghetti is the north-central ward in the Principality of Monaco, bordering neighboring France. Moneghetti was incorporated in La Condamine.
Ravin de Sainte-Dévote
Suburb
Photo: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0.
Ravin de Sainte-Dévote is a ward in the Principality of Monaco. It is the smallest first level administrative division in the world.
Tropaeum Alpium
- Type: Monument
- Description: Trophy of the Alps, in modern France
- Categories: ruins, ancient Roman structure, tropaion, building, and historic site
- Location: La Turbie, Arrondissement of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.74479° or 43° 44′ 41″ northLongitude
7.40176° or 7° 24′ 6″ eastInception
1st centuryHeight
35 metres (115 feet)Open location code
8FM9PCV2+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 244965539OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q747588
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Tropaeum Alpium” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نصب الألب”
- Arpitan: “Trofê de les Ârpes”
- Basque: “Alpeetako Garaikurra”
- Basque: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Breton: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Catalan: “Trofeu dels Alps”
- Catalan: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Chinese: “阿尔卑斯胜利纪念碑”
- Dutch: “Trofee van de Alpen”
- Estonian: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Finnish: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- French: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- French: “trophée d’Aauguste”
- French: “trophée des Alpes”
- French: “Trophée des Alpes”
- German: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Greek: “Τρόπαιο των Άλπεων”
- Hebrew: “טרופאום אלפיום”
- Indonesian: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Italian: “Trofeo delle Alpi”
- Italian: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Japanese: “アルプスのトロフィー”
- Japanese: “トロパエム・アルピウム”
- Latin: “Tropaeum Augusti”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Trofeo de la Alpes”
- Polish: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Portuguese: “Troféu de Augusto”
- Russian: “Альпийский трофей”
- Slovenian: “Tropaeum Alpinum”
- Spanish: “Trofeo de los Alpes”
- Spanish: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Tosk Albanian: “Tropaeum Alpium”
- Turkish: “Augustus Zafer Anıtı”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Musée du Trophée d’Auguste and Placeta Jean-Paul Cunegondo.
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