- Source: Gergovie
Gergovie (in auvergnat Gergòia; until 1865 Merdogne) is a French village in the commune of La Roche-Blanche in the Puy-de-Dôme département, a few kilometres south of Clermont-Ferrand.
It is situated at the foot of the Gergovie plateau, the official but disputed site of the Battle of Gergovia, where, near the Arverni oppidum of Nemossos (a sacred wood, in Gaulish), the Arverni and other Gallic tribes gathered under Vercingetorix's command to fight the Roman legions of Julius Caesar in 52 BC.
The village was known as Merdogne until 1865, when it successfully petitioned Emperor Napoleon III to change the name to Gergovie because the site of the Gauls' victory over Caesar deserved a more glorious name than one that resembled a vulgarity (merde).
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References
Sources
E. Mourey, History of Gergovie Archived 2007-08-03 at the Wayback Machine, Saint Remy, 1993.
External links
Tourist office Archived 2021-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
Foyer Culturel et Sportif La Roche Blanche
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Pertempuran Gergovia
- Oppidum Corent
- Arverni
- Gergovie
- Gergovie plateau
- Gergovie Monument
- Battle of Gergovia
- History of Auvergne
- Auvergne
- Pluralibacter gergoviae
- Legio VIII Augusta
- Geographica
- The Gallic Women: Episode from the Roman Invasion
