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from 26/07/2019 to 31/08/2020OtherExperience the “Retour des cendres” in 3-D at the Arc de TriompheThe Arc de Triomphe was ordered by Napoleon I in 1806. Exiled to St Helena in 1815, the Emperor died 15 years before the monument was completed (in 1836). It was in a spirit of reconciliation between all French people that King Louis-Philippe decided, in 1840, to have the Emperor’s body brought back to France on board the famous frigate Belle […]
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05/05/2019CommemorationCommemoration of the death of Napoleon I: Memorial ceremony on St HelenaProgramme: 10.15am Gathering at the observation Point 10.30am Beginning of the Ceremony Prayers led by Father David Musgrave 2 minutes of silence with Last Post & Reveille played by Reverend Graeme Beckett National Anthems by Professor Peter Hicks Blessing From 11am to 3pm At Longwood, free entrance to the Museum, and Picnic in the Longwood […]
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from 14/03/2019 to 31/12/2019Exhibition, OtherBicentenary of the Births of Victoria and AlbertLondon The V&A Museum (London, UK) celebrates the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s births with a season of events and displays, including a new addition to the jewellery collection – Queen Victoria’s stunning sapphire and diamond coronet (video), designed for her by Albert, and on display from 11 April Victoria and Albert’s Museum (13 […]
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from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019Other250th anniversary of Napoleon’s birth: various eventsMarch-December 2019, in Autun (and on the occasion of the 240th anniversary of the arrival of Joseph and Napoleon): IMPERIAL YEAR. With talks, exhibitions, guided tours, theatre,… Read more (link in French) May-October 2019, Ajaccio: NAPOLEON YEAR. With an exhibition about Mathilde Bonaparte at the Palais Fesch Museum; an exhibition focusing on Napoleon in contemporary […]
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from 28/05/2018 to 03/06/2018Commemoration, Tour22nd French week: La Route du Prince Impérial, Louis Napoléon, Commemorations in South Africa“La Route du Prince Impérial” was inaugurated on 1 June 1996 to commemorate the time Louis-Napoleon, only son of Napoléon III and his wife the Empress Eugenie, spent in South Africa before his untimely death at the hands of Zulu warriors on 1 June 1879. The route follows the footsteps of the pilgrimage made by […]
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from 07/10/2017 to 04/11/2018OtherNapoleon: Protector of Agriculture and Industry“During the English blockade, Napoleon I contributed greatly to the industrial and economic development of the North by passing decrees to promote the cultivation of sugar beet (1811) and the spinning of flax (1811 and 1812). The Chamber of Commerce of Lille wished to pay tribute to him by erecting a statue cast from the […]
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from 28/05/2017 to 04/06/2017Commemoration21st anniversary of the Route du Prince ImpérialDetailed programme of the French week 2017. Summary of this years programme Sunday, May 28th – appointment at Alberts Falls – the first stage of the pilgrimage of the Empress Eugenie after leaving Maritzburg on April 29th, 1880; Monday, May 29 – Msunduzi Museum. Guided visit to the exhibition “Prince Impérial” in the Msunduzi Museum. […]
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05/05/2017CommemorationCommemorations for the death of NapoleonParis > At 6.30pm on Friday 5 May in the Cathedral of Saint-Louis des Invalides, there will be a mass in memory of Napoleon I and of the soldiers who died for France, in the presence of HIH the Prince Napoleon. (Mass open to the public, subject to availability). Earlier, at 6pm, in the crypt of the […]
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16/03/2017CommemorationBirthday Celebrations of the Prince Imperial, Louis Napoléon -
from 07/10/2015 to 18/10/2015CommemorationBicentenary of Napoleon’s arrival on St HelenaOn the 7th October a delegation from France including members of the Fondation Napoleon, the Souvenir Napoleonienne and a representativie of the French Minister of Foreign affairs arrives on St Helena for the anniversary of Napoleon's arrival on that island 200 years ago, on board Northumberland. Among the celebrations is the official re-opening of Longwood house and in particular […]