L’obélisque du Mont Genèvre
Napoleon Obelisk located in Montgenèvre, in the Hautes-Alpes. Was erected to celebrate the end of the construction of the Montgenèvre imperial road, commissioned by Napoleon to improve military and trade routes.
Initially inaugurated on April 12, 1804, the obelisk was destroyed in 1835 by Piedmontese forces, then rebuilt under King Louis Philippe by the architect Joseph Andreoli.
It is located at the exit of the village of Montgenèvre and marked the border between France and Italy until 1947.