Daily life in Gergovie illustrated through ceramics (used to store, prepare, serve and consume food); fibulae and jewels (domestic use); craftsmanship through iron metallurgy, bronze, tabletting or woodworking; coins (trade with other Gallic peoples); glass, ceramic and metallic dishes (trade of manufactured objects from the Mediterranean); wine amphoras, olive oils or condiments (trade from Roman provinces), in the Life in the Oppidum display, in the permanent exhibition of 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, on the Plateau de Gergovie, or Gergovia Plateau, 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. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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