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Gergovie (in Occitan ''Gergòia'') 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 to 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 the emperor Napoleon III to change the name to Gergovie, because the site of the Gauls' victory over Caesar was a more glorious name than one that resembled a vulgarity (''merde'').〔Graham Robb, ''The Discovery of France'', Picador, London (2007), p.304 (quoting Onésime Reclus, ''France, Algérie et colonies'', (1886), p.32)〕 == Gallery == Image:Eglise de Gergovie (63).jpg|The village church, classed as a historic monument Image:Place de Gergovie (63).jpg|Gergovie's village square, restored in winter 2003 Image:Toits de Gergovie (63).jpg|The roofs of north Gergovie in winter Image:Dorf La Roche Blanche.JPG|General view of La Roche-Blanche 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gergovie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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