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It is impossible to overestimate the impact that the French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte, whom it elevated on its waves, had on our world. We most often regard Napoleon as a great military leader whose military successes reshaped European warfare and influenced military thinking for years to come. His political skills allowed him to consolidate […]

– The ‘Coronation of Napoleon’ exhibition from 2 December 2024 to 1 March 2025: immerse yourself in the sumptuous world of the First Empire thanks to an exhibition featuring a host of art and historical objects in the Raphaël Room at the Centre Culturel.The exhibition will trace Napoleon’s rise to power and his lasting influence […]

WA Maritime Museum Victoria Quay Road, Fremantle / Walyalup, Austrailia.

More than the other painters in the Impressionist group, Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) always demonstrated a real predilection for male figures. Described by Gustave Geffroy as a “pictorial chronicler of modern life”, he depicted the appearance and existence of the men of his time; those he knew well – his brothers and friends – as well […]

The Napoleonic evenings are organized by the association “Napoleon and Élisa: from Paris to Tuscany” and involves, again this year, Professor Peter Hicks, professor of history and head of international relations at the Fondation Napoléon in Paris, film expert Professor Pier Dario Marzi, thanks to the collaboration with the Cineforum Cinit Ezekiel 25,17, again the […]

Jurisconsulte, ministre de la Justice, second consul puis archichancelier, Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès est un personnage majeur de la Révolution, du Consulat et de l’Empire. Souvent relégué au second plan par l’historiographie, son action et ses qualités de juriste ont contribué à l’affirmation de l’État de droit au sortir de la tourmente révolutionnaire. Personnage habile sur […]