Key facts
- Type
- Circular rampart or oppidum
- Periods
- Iron Age
- Cultures
- Celts , La Tène , later Gallo-Roman
- Location
- Alise-Sainte-Reine
- Region
- Burgundy , France
- Built by
- Celts , later Roman
- Material
- Stone, earth, wood
- Area
- c. 140 hectares (350 acres)
- Archaeologists
- Eugène Stoffel [ fr ] , Michel Reddé [ fr ] , Siegmar von Schnurbein [ de ]
- Public access
- Yes
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Vue aérienne vestiges Alésia.jpg
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- Site d'Alésia
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The fortifications built by Caesar in AlesiaInset: cross shows location of Alesia in Gaul (modern France). The circle shows the weakness in the north-western section of the fortifications
Alesia was the capital of the Mandubii, one of the Gallic tribes allied with the Aedui. The Celtic oppidum was conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars and afterwards became a Gallo-Roman town. Modern understanding of its location was controversial for a long time; however, it is now thought to have been located on Mont-Auxois, near Alise-Sainte-Reine in Burgundy, France.
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