Places, museums, monuments : 13
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Place, museum or monumentMuseo Glauco Lombardi
The Museum A museum in the former home of Empress Marie-Louise recounting the story of Marie-Louise and Napoleon I through documents and various objects. Professor Glauco Lombardi (1881-1970), Italian author and art historian, devoted his life and energies to the recovery, study and conservation of anything related to Parma under the Bourbons (1748-1802, 1847-1859) and […]
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Place, museum or monumentNational Maritime Museum Greenwich
The National Maritime Museum comprises three sites: the Maritime Galleries, the Royal Observatory and the Queen's House. Together these constitute one museum working to illustrate for everyone the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship with people.The National Maritime Museum and Royal Observatory, Greenwich have a collection of over two […]
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Place, museum or monumentThe Paleis op de Meir
The design for Antwerp's Paleis op de Meir dates from the second half of the 18th century, and was drawn up by the architect Jan-Peter van Baurscheit (1699-1768) for the rich merchant Johan-Alexander van Susteren. This new urban palace took its inspiration from French, Viennese and northern Dutch models. The imposing front facade, richly decorated […]
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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 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 monumentArcole
The city of Arcole is situated in the middle of swampland, near the confluence of the Adige and the Alpone about twenty kilometres southeast of Verona. It is famous for the three-day battle that took place there during the first Italian campaign, on 15, 16, and 17 November, 1796. In order to prevent the Austrian […]
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Place, museum or monumentMuseo del Risorgimento – Milan
This museum of the period in Italy known as the Risorgimento is dedicated entirely to the chequered history of Italianunification, a movement in which Napoleon in fact played an important part. For it was as a result of the First Italian Campaign that Bonaparte established himself as a defender of the Italian cause against theAustrian […]
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Place, museum or monumentStibbert Museum – Florence
Thomas Stibbert, originally from Norfolk (UK), emigrated to Italy after the fall of the First Empire and settled in Florence with his young Tuscan bride, Giulia Cafaggi. And it was their son, Frederick, who put together, and set up as a museum, the rich collection today known as the Museo Stibbert, dedicated to the history of […]
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Place, museum or monumentMuseo Civico del Risorgimento – Bologna
During the Esposizione Emiliana of 1888, one exhibit, a 'temple to the Risorgimento', was so popular with the public that the council of the Comune decided to make it into a permanent museum, a museum which has been in effect inaugurated on the 12th June 1883 in a room in the Municipal Museum. As with […]
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Place, museum or monumentPrincely Palace of Monaco
Started by Prince Louis II and enlarged by Prince Rainier III, the Napoleonic collection of the Princely Palace of Monaco is exhibited in the southern wing of the building, on the ground floor. It is composed of one thousand various objects and documents and features a few exceptional items such as the flag of the […]