Borgo soaring above Monte Carlo, which can also be reached by highway exiting at the La Turbie-Monaco junction. On a plateau rises the famous Trophée des Alpes, one of the most imposing and important remains of Roman rule, 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 by 38 in width.
In the very green park at the top of a rocky spur, you can visit the museum set up to preserve the many artifacts found in the area and admire a scale reconstruction of the original Trophée (open daily from 9 AM to 12 PM and from 2 PM to 7:30 PM).
La Turbie is a charming little village, with two gates and numerous buildings surviving from the ancient city walls dating from the 11th to the 13th centuries and a Baroque church from the 18th century.
