Places, museums, monuments : 13
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Place, museum or monumentNapoleonmuseum Arenenberg
Arenenberg Palace in the canton of Thurgovie was purchased in 1817 by the (at that time) exiled Queen Hortense. She spent every summer there from 1823 until the year of her death in 1837. Prince Louis-Napoleon spent his youth in Arenenberg, dividing his time between this charming residence and his studies in Augsburg. Forced to […]
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Place, museum or monumentIsland of St Helena
A small island lost in the middle of the south Atlantic Ocean, St Helena was chosen by the British government as place to exile the deposed Emperor. “The island of St Helena is the ideal place to lock away such a character. In such a place, so far away, no scheming of any kind will […]
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Place, museum or monumentMuseo Napoleonico – Rome
The Museo Napoleonico in Rome presents the collections of Count Giuseppe Primoli, the great-grandson of Joseph and of Lucien Bonaparte. Born in 1851 to Princess Charlotte Bonaparte and Count Primoli di Foglia, Giuseppe Primoli belonged to the Roman branch of the imperial family. He spent most of his youth in Paris, at Napoleon III's court […]