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Press review27 soldiers who died for France honoured after 200 years
On Saturday 5 May 2018, in the village of Marches, near Chambéry (South-Eastern France), the names of 27 local soldiers killed in action were finally honoured after two centuries of obscurity when a memorial plaque was installed next to the existing war memorial in the village. The names of these 27 young men, who gave […]
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Press reviewNapoleon/Rockefeller’s “Marly Rouge” Sevres porcelain sells for nearly 2 million dollars
Twenty-two pieces from the 256-piece ‘Marly Rouge’ table service that Napoleon ordered from the Sèvres porcelain manufactory for the Palace of Compiègne was sold at auction last week for $ 1,812,500, 6 times the estimated price. The red and gold service, exquisitely decorated with butterflies and flowers, was finally delivered in October 1809 to the Palace of Fontainebleau, where the Emperor would […]
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Press reviewLa Roche-sur-Yon joins the “Ville Imperiale” (“Imperial City”) network
The town of La Roche-sur-Yon (which was established on 25 May 1804, initially called ‘Napoleon’ under the Empire, and then ‘Napoléon-Vendée’ under the Second Empire) has officially joined the network of towns (such as Rueil-Malmaison, Compiègne, Fontainebleau and Saint-Cloud) whose history is strongly connected to one or both of the two French Empires justifying the […]
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Press reviewThe Battle of the Piave (1809) is remembered in Santa Lucia di Piave (Veneto, Italy)
A new monument on the Via Mura in Santa Lucia di Piave, was inaugurated this week by the mayor, Riccardo Szumski, in memory of the so-called “Battaglia del Piave” (“Battle of the Piave”). Upon it can be read: “Between Mandre and Campana, in the territory of Santa Lucia di Piave, on the left bank of […]
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Press reviewNapoleonic letters discovered in library in Ajaccio (April 2018)
In the library of the Palais Fesch in Ajaccio (Corsica), some Napoleonic treasures have recently come to light. Hidden amongst other gems, such as a book written by Gustave Eiffel on his famous tower and an extremely rare work on Egyptology, several previously unpublished letters written by members of the Imperial Family, as well as […]
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Press reviewNew medal museum opens in Tuscany
A BRAND NEW NAPOLEONIC MUSEUM IS BORN IN ITALY On March 24th the Museo Medagliere dell’Europa Napoleonica (Napoleonic European Medallion Museum) was opened in Castiglion Fiorentino Tuscany Italy. The collection is from the private collection of Alain Borghini, and consists of original commemorative medallions minted in several European countries during the period from the French […]
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Press reviewNapoleon I Museum at Fontainebleau reopens 25 February 2018
Installed in 1986 in the Louis XV wing of the Château de Fontainebleau, the Napoleon I Museum aims to “present the First Empire in its many facets” through a collection of more than 3000 works, combining the concepts of both “historical charge and decorative function”. Paintings or sculptures, portraits, weapons, artefacts, drawings or archival documents […]
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Press reviewRestoration of an organ and case donated by Napoleon III to to the church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul, Rueil-Malmaison
On Friday 12 January 2018, the organ of the church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul in Rueil-Malmaison (Paris Region) whose gilded case, dating from the late fifteenth century was donated by Napoleon III, was blessed by the episcopal vicar of Nanterre, in celebration of the completion of an eighteen-month restoration operation, at the cost of €205,269, […]
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Press reviewBust “Napoleon wrapped in his dream” signed “A. Rodin” discovered in a New Jersey town hall, October 2017
The first announcements: USA Today, 11 October 2017 The Enquirer, Daily news philly.com, 12 October The Art Newspaper, 13 October 2017 Some background to the discovery and the history of the sculpture and its comission: France 24, 24 October 2017 More detailed background in French: Connaissance des Arts 6 November 2017 The bust on loan […]
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Press reviewNapoleon’s loan of Bayeux Tapestry is now official
213 years after Napoleon entrusted the famous “Bayeux Tapestry” to the people of Bayeux, the French State and the City of Bayeux have finally signed a contract making this loan official, an essential step in preparation for a major new museum which will present the 70-metre long embroidery in one piece. Until now, the only […]