 26 December 1999: Empire ravaged by storm 
A historical presentation and the restoration work performed on the great Napoleonic parks devastated by the storm of 26 December 1999. Discover the richness and diversity of a little-known aspect of the First Empire, the art of the garden.
A Fondation Napoléon sponsored project.
In partnership with the Musées nationaux of Malmaison et Bois-Préau, the Domaine national du château de Fontainebleau, the Musées nationaux and Domaine du château de Compiègne, and the Domaine national de Saint-Cloud.
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The Suez Isthmus: The Joining of Two Seas
This story, one of the most extraordinary in the history of the 19th century, is the tale of the passion, the almost super-human will, and the genius of just one man, Ferdinand de Lesseps, who by his piercing of the Suez Isthmus joined East to West and brought life to the desert.
In partnership with the Centre historique des Archives Nationales.
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