Borgo soaring above Montecarlo, which can also be reached via the highway exiting at the La Turbie-Monaco junction. On a plateau rises the famous Trophée des Alpes, one of the most impressive and important remains of Roman domination, dating back to the 6th century BC.
The surrounding white stone quarries provided the raw material for its construction (the same stone was used to build the cathedral and the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco) on the occasion of Augustus’s victory in Gaul.
Originally the monument, 50 meters high and marked by 24 Doric columns, supported a gigantic statue of the emperor, which was destroyed over the centuries and the entire complex damaged until restorations intervened to preserve the current 35 meters in height and 38 in width.
In the very green park at the top of a rocky spur, you can visit the museum set up to conserve the many artifacts found in the area and admire a scale reconstruction of the original Trophée (open daily from 9 to 12 and from 14 to 19.30).
The Turbie is a charming little village; two gates and numerous buildings dating from the 11th to the 13th century survive from the ancient city walls, along with a Baroque church from the eighteenth century.
