Cote d’Or
Arrondissement of Montbard
Alise-Sainte-Reine

Alesia archeological excavations

Alesia was the capital of the Mandubii, one of the Gallic tribes allied with the Aedui. The Celtic oppidum was conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars and afterwards became a Gallo-Roman town.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: antique Gallo-Roman town
  • Also known as: “Alesia” and “Fouilles d’Alésia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cimetière d’Alise-Sainte-Reine and Vercingetorix Monument.

Cemetery
Photo: Draceane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a cemetery, which is situated 400 metres southwest of Alesia archeological excavations.

Work of art
Photo: Siren-Com, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a statuary monument dedicated to the Gaulish chieftain Vercingetorix, defeated by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars. The monument was designed by Aimé Millet and constructed in 1865. is situated 800 metres west of Alesia archeological excavations.

Church
Photo: Claire Jachymiak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 1 km west of Alesia archeological excavations.

Alesia archeological excavations

Latitude
47.53908° or 47° 32′ 21″ north
Longitude
4.50123° or 4° 30′ 4″ east
Open location code
8FV6GGQ2+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 95806570
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­recreation_ground
Wiki­data ID
Q835966
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Alesia archeological excavations” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ալեզիա (քաղաք)”
  • Armenian: “Ալեզիա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aleziya”
  • Basque: “Alesia”
  • Bulgarian: “Алезия”
  • Catalan: “Alesia”
  • Catalan: “Alèsia”
  • Catalan: “Fortalesa d’Alèsia”
  • Chinese: “阿萊西亞”
  • Czech: “Alésia”
  • Czech: “Alesie”
  • Danish: “Alesia”
  • Dutch: “Alesia”
  • Dutch: “Alésia”
  • Esperanto: “Arkeologia loko de Alesia”
  • Finnish: “Alesia”
  • French: “Alésia”
  • French: “site archéologique d’Alésia”
  • French: “Site archéologique d’Alésia”
  • German: “Alesia”
  • German: “Archäologische Ausgrabungsstätte Alésia”
  • Hebrew: “אלסיה”
  • Hungarian: “Alesia”
  • Italian: “Alesia”
  • Italian: “Scavi archeologici di Alesia”
  • Japanese: “アレシア”
  • Latin: “Alesia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alesia”
  • Persian: “آلزیا”
  • Persian: “الزیا”
  • Polish: “Alezja”
  • Portuguese: “Alesia”
  • Portuguese: “Alésia”
  • Romanian: “Alesia”
  • Russian: “Алезия”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alesia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alesija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alezija”
  • Slovenian: “Alezija”
  • Spanish: “Alesia”
  • Swedish: “Alesia”
  • Swedish: “Alise-Sainte-Reine”
  • Swiss German: “Alesia”
  • Tibetan: “ཨ་ལའེ་ཞི་ཡ་”
  • Tibetan: “ཨ་ལའེ་ཞི་ཡ།”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Alesia”
  • Ukrainian: “Алезія”
  • Uzbek: “Aleziya”
  • Welsh: “Alesia”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Viewing Platform and Amphitheatre.

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