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14/12/2023Talk, Theatrical EventNapoleonica® les conférences musicales > “the vaudevilles on 18 brumaire an VIII” by Paola ParazzoloPresentation The day after the coup d’état of 18 Brumaire, the theatrical world was in a hurry to celebrate Bonaparte with occasional couplets and impromptus that exalted the general, blackened the Jacobins and gleefully stigmatised the instability of the Directoire government. There were so many plays dealing with the “Journée de Saint-Cloud” that state censorship […]
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from 15/11/2023 to 16/11/2023ConferenceThe Memorial of St Helena, conference on the 200th anniversary of its publication200th anniversary of the publication of the “Memorial of St Helena” by Las Cases. Access to the auditorium is via 3, rue Mazarine 75006 Paris Metros: line 7, Pont Neuf; line 10, Mabillon. REGISTRATION DETAILS An entrance fee of €20/person is required. • Registrations will begin on 15 June 2023. • Requests will be processed in order of arrivalfrom […]
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12/10/2023TalkNapoleonica® les conférences musicales > “Napoleonic Drums, a 20th century myth”, by Thierry BouzardPresentation From 1907 onwards, Napoleonic drums began to emerge as part of the imperial epic. With the development of the recording industry, they became very popular and became part of history. The origins of the myth lie in the meeting between Édouard Philippe and Charles Gourdin, drum major of the Republican Guard. The First World […]
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from 01/07/2023 to 03/09/2023ExhibitionNapoleon Playmobil® at Brienne-le-ChâteauThe exhibition will thrill the public and the most nostalgic among you will undoubtedly be plunged back into memories of your childhood. Through the marvellous world of Playmobil, visitors will be taken on a journey through the life of Napoleon all summer long, thanks to this toy that has been handed down through the generations. […]
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from 24/06/2023 to 02/10/2023ExhibitionPlon-Plon, A Bonaparte in red and goldAfter the exhibition devoted to Princess Mathilde in 2019, the Palais Fesch-musée des Beaux-Arts in Ajaccio is focusing on another major figure in the world of the arts during the Second Empire, namely Prince Napoleon (1822-1891), son of King Jérôme, brother of the Princess and cousin of Emperor Napoleon III. Posterity has remembered him by […]
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from 03/06/2023 to 17/09/2023ExhibitionDuroc, images of a destinyTo mark the 210th anniversary of the death of General Duroc (1813-2023), illustrious figure in the history of the town of Pont-à-Mousson, the municipal museum “Au fil du Papier”, in partnership with the Fondation Napoléon, is devoting a brand new exhibition to him, running from 3 June to 17 September 2023. Duroc, the Grand maréchal […]
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from 03/06/2023 to 01/10/2023ExhibitionIngres, the artist and his princesPresentation by the château A successful artist in the first half of the 19th century, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) was an unclassifiable and often visionary painter. Behind his apparent classicism lies an originality and a quest for perfection that continue to fascinate. How did this success come about? With the advent of the July Monarchy (1830-1848), […]
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from 27/05/2023 to 27/08/2023ExhibitionNapoleon in Playmobil® at AutunWhat could be more remarkable than the life of Napoleon, who came from his native Corsica at the age of 10 and, in 1779, did his first apprenticeship on French soil at the Collège d’Autun (where he would later return)? From Ajaccio to St Helena, the story of the man who became the first French […]
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from 07/04/2023 to 21/05/2023ExhibitionElisa’s letters: this is how the Princess of Lucca ruledThe exhibition is organised into two sections: Firstly, the correspondents, or the historical figures, the protagonists of Elisa’s correspondence. The second section demonstrates the tools and materials of written communication: paper, ink and everything you needed to govern a country before the advent of email. Here is a translation of the press presentation given by (from left): Massimiliano […]
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from 11/03/2023 to 05/06/2023ExhibitionNapoleon and “The Fainting of Esther”, An imperial gift for the first King of SaxonyThe latter owed his royal status to the French Emperor and in that year he travelled to Paris to visit his benefactor. The tapestry was given a prominent place in the dining room of the palace. In 1943, it was moved to Schleinitz Castle near Meissen for safekeeping, but after 1945 its whereabouts were unknown. […]