The Vercingetorix Monument (1865) is a statuary monument dedicated to the Gaulish chieftain Vercingetorix, defeated by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars.
It is designated as a monument historique.

The monument was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III from the sculptor Aimé Millet and installed in 1865 on Mont Auxois, near Alise-Sainte-Reine in the Côte-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France.
The site was the supposed site of Alesia.
Napoleon III erected the seven-meter-tall statue to commemorate Vercingetorix as a symbol of Gallic nationalism.
The architect for the memorial was Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.
 The base has an nationalistic inscription installed by Viollet-le-Duc, translating into French the words of Julius Caesar:
La Gaule unie

Formant une seule nation

Animée d'un même esprit,

Peut défier l'Univers.

(Gaul united,

Forming a single nation

Animated by a common spirit,

Can defy the Universe.)
The Vercingetorix Monument (1865) is a statuary monument dedicated to the Gaulish chieftain Vercingetorix, defeated by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars. It is designated as a monument historique.
The monument was commissioned by Emperor Napoleon III from the sculptor Aimé Millet and installed in 1865 on Mont Auxois, near Alise-Sainte-Reine in the Côte-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France. The site was the supposed site of Alesia. Napoleon III erected the seven-meter-tall statue to commemorate Vercingetorix as a symbol of Gallic nationalism. The architect for the memorial was Eugène Viollet-le-Duc.  The base has an nationalistic inscription installed by Viollet-le-Duc, translating into French the words of Julius Caesar:
La Gaule unie

Formant une seule nation

Animée d'un même esprit,

Peut défier l'Univers.
(Gaul united,

Forming a single nation

Animated by a common spirit,

Can defy the Universe.)
Vercingétorix monument