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Programme of the two concerts Triomphe(s) de Napoléon Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 May 2021, at 8pm – Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides Académie symphonique de Paris Jérôme Treille, direction Chœur Les Voix impériales Soloist : Véronique Chevallier Sarah Kim, organ Thierry Lentz, narrator Peter Hicks, direction La Marseillaise (version Berlioz) Allons enfants, Amour sacré, Guerriers pour toujours dans l’histoire… […]

On July 11, 1920, Eugenie de Montijo, a personality who marked her time, died in Madrid. A century later, the Château de Compiègne, where the last Empress of the French lived part of her life, pays homage to her through a series of events: exhibition of her most beautiful dresses in the ballroom gallery, a […]

Waterloo Battlefield is one of the best preserved battlefields in the world. Since 1914, the site is protected and has therefore changed little since the fighting of 1815. All new construction is prohibited and, with the exception of the excavation of land due to the erection of the Lion’s Mound, the topography of the site […]

Presentation This summer, Biarritz pays homage to its greatest muse, Empress Eugenie de Montijo: it was for her that her husband, Emperor Napoleon III, had the Imperial Palace built in 1854, which became the Hôtel du Palais, one of the jewels of the city. The exhibition is an invitation to discover more about the periods […]

Musée Napoléon Thurgovie/Napoleonmuseum – Arenenberg (link in English) 12 May 2020 Musée de l’image à Épinal (link in French): 12 May 2020 Musée Masséna (link in French): 13 May 2020 Waterloo Memorial (link in English): 20 May 2020 Musée de la guerre de 1870 de Loigny-la-bataille (link in French): end of May 2020, opening with a new exhibition “Napoleon […]

On the 18 June 1815 at Waterloo in Belgium Wellington, commanding a coalition force of Allied armies, defeated Napoleon. The Battle of Waterloo brought to an end twenty-three years of warfare across Europe. With this remarkable victory Wellington achieved life-long fame and was showered with gifts from the grateful Crown Heads of Europe. Many of […]

Jean-Marie Delaperche (1771-1843) was born in Orléans. Up until now, relatively little has been known about his life and work, but gradually the picture is starting to come together. No friend to the Napoleonic regime, he fled the Consulate for Russia, and struggled to make his way as a painter, while keeping his true passion – […]

In 1808 Rome was occupied by the French army. The following year, the city was annexed and declared the second city of the Napoleonic Empire after Paris. The emperor’s son was given the title “King of Rome”, and for five years Rome waited for an Emperor who would never arrive. The exhibition is divided into […]

This exhibition is organised on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the death of Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who died in September 1819. He was one of the great figures of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 as he was at the head of the Prussian army. To commemorate this anniversary, Prussian, […]

The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace Buckingham Palace, London, SW1A 1AA UK Practical information website   Prices Adult £13.50 Over 60 £12.20 Student £10.80 Under 17 / Disabled £6.70 Under 5 Free Family (2 adults and 3 under 17s) £33.50