Inauguration of the Suez isthmus, Port-Saïd. The religious ceremony for the inauguration, the speech by Mgr Bauer.

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Inauguration of the Suez isthmus, Port-Saïd. The religious ceremony for the inauguration, the speech by Mgr Bauer.

Engraving published in Le Monde illustré, n°660.
The inauguration ceremonies for the Suez Canal
took place from the 16th to 20th
November 1869 with the Empress Eugenie presiding.

Date :
1869
Technique :
Engraving from a sketch by Alfred Henri Darjou (1832-1874)
Place held :
Paris, Centre historique des Archives nationales
Photo credit :
Centre historique des Archives nationales
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