Places, museums, monuments : 83
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Place, museum or monumentElba
Elba is situated in the Tyrrhenian sea opposite Piombino from which it is separated by a canal a mere 10 miles long. This small island 14 miles long and 6 miles wide, is where Napoleon chose to retire when he abdicated for the first time. The Fontainebleau treaty granted him ownership and sovereignty of the […]
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Place, museum or monumentFlaubert Pavilion
Of the property where Gustave Flaubert lived and worked from 1843 until his death, all that remains is this garden pavilion facing a factory-littered Rouen landscape. In the last century, however, Flaubert's house was situated in a particularly agreeable location, on a hillside overlooking the Seine, and a watercolour by Rochegrosse (on show in the […]
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Place, museum or monumentHôtel de Monaco, Paris
The Hôtel de Monaco was built between 1774 and 1777 for Marie-Catherine de Brignole, the estranged wife of Honoré-Camille-Léonor Grimaldi, prince of Monaco, himself residing in the Hôtel Matignon. Marie-Catherine chose this site (one of the last unbuilt plots on the faubourg Saint-Germain) so as to be close to the Palais Bourbon, the house of her […]
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Place, museum or monumentNaval and Napoleonic Museum
At the very tip of the Cap d'Antibes, the museum is situated in a magnificent location in the shadow of the Tour du Graillon, a former battery Napoleon had restored to a defense post in 1794. It is surrounded by a ten acre park. The second room in the museum evokes the Napoleonic epic specifically […]
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Place, museum or monumentSchoenbrunn Palace
Under the French occupation, in 1805 and 1809, Schoenbrunn Palace was Napoleon's headquarters. It was there he signed the treaty that was named after the palace on October 14, 1809. And this occupation was to last, since Napoleon allied himself with the Habsburg dynasty by marrying the Archduchess Marie-Louise, daughter of Emperor Francis I. […]
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Place, museum or monumentNational Napoleonic Museum of Aix Island
It was on Aix Island where Napoleon spent his last days on French soil, July 12 to 15, 1815, before embarking for his exile. Settled into the commander's house that he himself had ordered constructed in 1808, the Emperor composed the rough draft of the famous letter that was placed under the protection of the […]
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Place, museum or monumentSalon napoléonien, Hôtel de Ville – Ajaccio
The Hôtel de Ville or town hall in Ajaccio was built during the reign of Charles X between 1824 and 1830. In it is the Salon napoléonien which houses various napoleonic paintings and statues, and memorabilia of the imperial family. For reasons of lack of space, a part of the collection is on show at […]
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Place, museum or monumentMuseum of Public Health and the Hospitals of Paris
Situated in the Latin quarter close to Notre-Dame cathedral, the Museum of Public Health and the Hospitals of Paris (Musée de l'Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris) has been sited in the Hôtel de Miramion, a building attributed to François Mansart, since its creation. This private town mansion was, as early as 1674, associated with […]
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Place, museum or monumentMusée d’Orsay
The Musée d'Orsay collection ranges from 1848 to 1914 and thus displays important pieces from the Second Empire (1852-1870. In keeping with its original aim, its ambition is to present all of the artistic diversity of the period through various types of artistic objects: paintings, sculptures, architectural projects and ornamentation are combined in every room […]
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Place, museum or monumentMichelet Museum-Vascoeuil Castle
The Vascoeuil Castle is the home of the only Michelet Museum in France. The historian was the victim of censorship under the Second Empire because of his liberal positions. The courses he taught at the College of France were abolished starting in 1851, that is to say, one year before the proclamation of the Empire, […]