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The James Smith Noel Collection and the R.W. Norton Art Gallery are proud to present “Little Corporal on the Big Screen: The Film Posters of Napoleon Bonaparte”, a unique exhibition of 35 original posters and other film artifacts from countries as diverse as Argentina, Belgium, Cuba, Egypt, England, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Russia, the U.S. and, […]

Programme: 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 […]

“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 […]

Detailed 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. […]

Paris > 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 […]

A two-day “cultural fitness” with … Napoleon. This event organised by “Landandé” Committee on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March, focused entirely on the battle of Bricchetto, which took place on 21 April 1796 and ended the first phase of Piedmontese Italian campaign. The program of the two days includes A debate at 9pm on […]

From 13 November, various UK cinemas will be screening “Napoleon” by Abel Gance, on the occasion of the release on DVD / Blu-Ray produced by the British Film Institute and Photoplay Productions based on the restoration* (of 2000) by Kevin Brownlow (duration: 5h30), with a new score by Carl Davis (the longest ever composed for a silent […]

On 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 […]

In March 1879, Louis Napoléon, only son of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie, travelled to Cape Town with British troops, as a “special observer”. The two months he spent there until his untimely death in an ambush by Zulu warriors on 1 June 1879, has been commemorated in South Africa by the creation of “La […]