Monaco - Trophée des Alpes

La Turbie is dominated by a feature visible from afar, the Trophée des Alpes, also called the "Trophée d'Auguste". This is a monument near Monaco which was erected to the Emperor Augustus by the Roman Senate in 6 B.C. as a memorial to the suppression of the Alpine tribes (14- 13 B.C.. In the 14th C. the monument was converted into a fortress and in 1705 blown up (with little success) by Louis XV during the War of the Spanish Succession. About 1930 restoration was begun to which the monument owes its present appearance. The funds were provided by an American and his wife. The grounds around the monument have been laid out as a park and from the steep south and south-eastern sides offer a marvelous view of the coast.