Fortifications at Gergovia, Plateau de Gergovie, Auvergne, France

Fortifications and ramparts, and the South West gate of ancient Gaulish Gergovia, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, aerial view, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. In the centre is the Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, and the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Fortifications and ramparts, and the South West gate of ancient Gaulish Gergovia, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, aerial view, site of the Battle of Gergovia between Vercingetorix, Gaulish Arverni chieftain, and Julius Caesar in 52 BC, which the Gauls won, in the Massif Central, Auvergne, France. Gallic settlement in Gergovia was at its height in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. In the centre is the Vercingetorix Monument, 1903, by Jean Teillard, made from volcanic stone from Volvic, and the Musee Archeologique de la Bataille de Gergovie, or Archaeological Museum of the Battle of Gergovia, designed by Jean Paul Reuillard, built 2015-19 and opened 19th October 2019. Picture by Manuel Cohen