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To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Napoleon’s birth*, the Waterloo Memorial 1815 is organising an event based on Napoleon’s and Wellington’s youth. This event will immerse visitors in the lives of civilians and soldiers at the end of the 18th century, with demonstrations of crafts such as leather tanning, basket weaving and embroidery as well as […]

Children can pretend to be soldiers and practice drill formations under the command of our drill sergeant. Then the young recruits can test their skills firing flintlock muskets and cannons in a shooting range, and have a go at playing traditional games of the period. History is also brought to life in the Guard Room, […]

The town of La Roche-sur-Yon (France) is organising an exhibition entitled “The Emperor in private: Napoleon I – husband, father, lover” for which the Fondation Napoléon is lending ten objects from its collection. On the occasion of this exhibition at the Museum of that town, a catalogue will also be published with the support of […]

Programme (Palazzo Reale Naples): 4 pm: A presentation of the book A passo di carica, Murat, re di Napoli, ed. Luigi Mascilli Migliorini A presentation of the book Murat, Naples, Europe by Nicoletta Marini of Armenia Three brief interventions: Thierry Lentz, Renata De Lorenzo, Renata Lattuada Presentation of the MurApp smartphone application, Murat’s Naples, with […]

Programme : Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène [Napoleon on St Helena] (Thierry Lentz). Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène : témoignage et manifeste politique [The Mémorial of St Helena: testimony and political manifesto] (Chantal Prévot) Le grand-maréchal Bertrand et ses Mémoires [Grand Marshal Bertrand and his Memoirs] (François Houdecek) Dans l’intimité de Napoléon : les témoignages d’Ali et de Marchand [Napoleon in […]

From Saturday 23 to Sunday 24 June 2018. Three years after the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, meet the French and allied re-enactors in a family-friendly atmosphere. Join the celebrations on June 23-24, 2018. A fascinating historical weekend will gather together numerous activities and entertainment at each of the sites of the battle: bivouacs, the first […]

  Ligny, the name of this small village of the Province of Namur (in the entity of Sombreffe) appears on all the monuments associated with the great Napoleonic epic, from the heights of Ajaccio to the Arc de Triomphe of Paris. Ligny was indeed the scene, on June 16, 1815, of Napoleon’s last victory. The […]

Events will take place on the weekend of 19-20 May 2018 at Ferme de Gémioncourt, 101 Rue Dernier Patard, Baisy-Thy, Belgium. Tickets are 8€ for adults, or 6€ if bought online before the 14 May. Children under the age of 12 go free. The schedule for the weekend is as follows: Saturday 19th May 10:00 […]

Programme 3 pm – Opening by Victor-André Masséna, Prince d’Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon, and President of the Committee for the edition of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon 3.10 pm – Introduction by Professor Jean Tulard, member of the Institute, Vice-President of the Committee for the Edition of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon 3.30 […]

Life in camp – Presentation of troops and their uniforms: artillery, infantry, mounted guard – soldier’s life – big parades – firing of cannons and rifles – horses – dancing … Various activities: tastings, street vendors, magic lantern shows … Infantry troops presentation and uniforms … Times of parades: (Starting from the bivouac) Saturday 10:30 (to […]