A year ago, France opened a dramatic new museum and archaeological park in Burgundy. Best known for its wine, the region also stands as the site of the Battle of Alésia in 52 BC, the climactic ...

Tschumi’s design has transformed the hilltop site into a suitable tribute to the historic Battle of Alésia. The slatted wooden second skin was created to pay tribute the wooden structures the Romans ...

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During the era when the Roman Republic was extending its influence over the Italian peninsula, its citizens referred to those of its rival, Carthage, as Punici, an appellation derived from the ...

Every summer, a village in eastern France celebrates a Gallic chieftain who lost a major battle to Julius Caesar in 52 B.C. Despite that defeat, the mythic Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, is a ...