Model showing the evolution of the West gate of

Model showing the evolution of the West gate of Gergovia, 70 BC - 20 AD, scale 1:100, based on excavations in 2004-08, 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. The second stage of the gate, 50-1 BC, consisted of a 2m wide dry stone wall supporting a wide walkway, with a gate of 2 thick walls forming a corridor containing the path from the Col des Goules. There was a blacksmiths behind the gate, and the path crossed the oppidum from West to East. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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2015-19 2019 50-1 Archeologique Arverni Auvergne Bataille Blacksmiths Chieftain Consisted Containing Corridor Excavations Forming Gaulish Gauls Gergovia Gergovie Massif Oppidum Permanent Plateau Supporting Thick Vercingetorix Walkway

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