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Trophée des Alpes

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Trophée des Alpes

by A. Stevenson

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

February 20, 2001

Made of white marble, 35 meters (115ft) high and 38m (125ft) wide, the "Trophy of the Alps" was built around 10 B.C. by Augustus to celebrate his conquests of new provinces, namely the French Alpes-Maritimes, whose capitol was Cimiez (in Nice). The ...Read more

From journal La Turbie: Roman Trophy and Mediterranean Views