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from 21/09/2021 to 23/09/2021Conference2021 Année Napoléon – The Death of NapoleonProgramme Tuesday 21 September 2021 2pm: Doors open 2.30pm: Start of proceedings and welcome address First session: 5 May 1821.”The mightiest breath of life that ever animated human clay 2.40pm: A man’s death, by Pierre Branda, head of the Heritage Department of the Fondation Napoléon 3.05pm: The sovereign and death: the rituals of “a […]
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from 18/09/2021 to 03/10/2021OtherThe Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped (a project for Paris) imagined by Christo and Jeanne-ClaudeThroughout the entire period when the artwork is on display, as well as during its preparation, the space beneath the Arc de Triomphe over the consecrated stone slab, where, since 1923 the Eternal Flame has burned in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, will be fully maintained. As always, veterans associations and volunteers […]
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from 13/08/2021 to 22/08/2021ConferenceInternational Napoleonic Society Virtual CongressThe full programme can be found here (pdf). Below are some of the participants. Jan Bosteels, Belgium, The Lotus Flower and the Palm Tree: the Parallel Lives and Work of Baron Antoine Dubois and Baron Dominique Larrey. Sat 14th. Alexander Grab, USA, State and Society in Napoleonic Italy. Terry Crowdy, UK, Fashion of Women Camp Followers […]
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from 18/03/2021 to 21/03/2021Conference[Online event] Symposium on the Age of Napoleon in commemoration of the bicentennial of Napoleon’s deathCONFERENCE PROGRAM THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 4 PM EST/9 PM GMT Introductory Remarks Victor-André Masséna, Fondation Napoléon Samuel E. “Skip” Vichness, The Massena Society Alexander Mikaberidze, LSUS Opening Keynote Speech: “Napoleon: the ‘Famous Delinquent’” Michael Broers, University of Oxford FRIDAY, MARCH 19 Roundtable Discussion: The World of Napoleonic Podcasting, 2:00 – 3:45 PM EST Chair: J. […]
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from 18/02/2021 to 31/12/2021Talk[Online event] The British Witnesses to Napoleon | Napoleon 200The death of Napoleon in far off St Helena in May 1821 brought to a crescendo twenty-five years of English-language publishing on the Emperor. Thousands of pages, including the Emperor’s will, Barry O’Meara’s Napoleon in Exile, and Emmanuel de Las Cases’ “Journal of Private Life and Conversations of Napoleon” (known in French as the “Memorial”) […]
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14/10/2020ConferenceFrom The Alma to Bazeilles: Navy troops in combat (1854-1870) -
from 02/09/2020 to 15/11/2020Exhibition, TalkImperial elegance. Souvenirs from the wardrobe of Empress EugenieOn 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 […]
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from 11/07/2020 to 11/10/2020Exhibition, Guided TourAnd Eugenie created Biarritz, an imperial townPresentation 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 […]
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from 11/05/2020 to 31/12/2020Exhibition, OtherCovid-19: Museums re-openingMusée 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 […]
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26/03/2020TalkWhose history? from the Battle of Waterloo to the Battle of CinderlooRead more about the uprising. 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Wellington Orbit Station Road Wellington TF1 1BY UK To learn more, call in to the Wellington Orbit in Station Road, visit wellingtonorbit.co.uk or call 01952 743377. £4.50 (incl. drink)