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  “Elisa Bonaparte. The olfactory journey” is the olfactory path that bears the traces of the era in which Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi was Princess of Lucca and Piombino. The initiative was presented on 13 January at Palazzo Ducale, during a press conference which was attended by the provincial director Renato Bonturi, the mayor of Lucca, […]

Antonietta Angelica Zucconi will give a guided tour on the theme the City of Women: “What did the mother of the great colossus do?” – Madame Mère in papal Rome, at the Museo napoleonica. Free entry but reservation required. More information here in italian.

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 […]

A day of historical re-enactment celebrating Napoleon and Josephine’s visit to Modena which took place on 25 June 1805, after Napoleon’s coronation as King of Italy in the same year in Milan. The event organised by cultural association “Les Grognards de l’Armée d’Italie” in collaboration with the City of Modena and Modenatur takes place between […]

Le projet “From Paris to Tuscany : In the time of Napoleon and Elisa”, created by Roberta Martinelli with the help of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca et de la Fondazione di Livorno, is holding for the tenth year running its Conversazioni napoleoniche (“Napoleonic conversations”) in Lucca at the cloister of San Micheletto. This year’s […]

  Weekend program: Saturday : 10.00: Start of festivities 10.45: Rally in running order in the courtyard 11.00: Review of troops by the officers and Lords 11.30: Troops return to camp 12.00: Lunch at the camp for soldiers and food stand for visitors 13.30: Educational activities: manufacture of cartridges, explanation of camp life, the ordinary […]

Express Talk: Jacques-Louis David’s “Napoleon” | The Art Institute of Chicago Alyse Muller, Research Associate in European Painting, will discuss David’s iconic painting of Napoleon, on loan from the National Gallery of Art. 12:00PM–12:30PM Meet in Gallery 100 Free with museum admission The Art Institute of Chicago is located in the heart of the city’s […]

From Friday 15 to Sunday, July 17 returns for the third edition of the reenactment of XVS, organized by the Association for Villa Sorra, edited by Kronos organization events. Reconstructions of camps and battles, food stands, family-friendly initiatives, as well as lectures, performances, film screenings and concerts and period dancing. Rendez-vous in the historic Villa di […]