Kantharos, Centre d'Interpretation, MuseoParc
Kantharos or wine cup, from Alesia, 1st century BC, partially gilded silver, from the collection of the Musee da'Archeologie Nationale Domaine de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, gift of Napoleon III in 1867, in the Centre d'Interpretation, a visitor centre designed by Bernard Tschumi, at the MuseoParc Alesia, on Mont-Auxois near Alise-Sainte-Reine, Burgundy, France. Alesia was originally a Celtic settlement which became a Gallo-Roman town after being conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars. Alesia is the site of the Battle of Alesia, 52 BC, when the Romans under Julius Caesar defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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