What's On : 68
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from 02/09/2020 to 15/11/2020Exhibition, TalkImperial elegance. Souvenirs from the wardrobe of Empress Eugenie
On 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 town
Presentation 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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26/03/2020TalkWhose history? from the Battle of Waterloo to the Battle of Cinderloo
Read 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)
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from 07/03/2020 to 08/03/2020Festival, TalkEast Midlands Napoleonic Days
The event will be hosted in the former drill hall of the South Notts Hussars (stair access). Named in reference to the period, not just to the man himself, the weekend will not only have a military focus; there will be costume balls as well as cannon balls! Saturday’s main event will be the NG13 […]
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from 13/09/2019 to 13/10/2019Exhibition, Radio TV CinemaLittle Corporal on the Big Screen: The Film Posters of Napoleon Bonaparte
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, […]
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24/03/2019Guided Tour, Theatrical EventNapoleon’s back in Milan!
A guided tour with historical costumes, retracing the footprints of the passage of Napoleon in the historic center of Milan (Italy) From the Palazzo Reale to the Arco della Pace, via the Brera and the Castello Sforzesco, revisiting statues, memories and ancient bricks, Napoleon Bonaparte visits the city to bring it back to its former glory, taking […]
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from 09/11/2018 to 28/04/2019Exhibition, TalkRoger Fenton’s Photographs of the Crimea, 1855
This is the first exhibition to focus exclusively on Roger Fenton’s pioneering photographs of the Crimean War, taken in 1855. Fenton was already an accomplished and respected photographer when he was sent by the publishers Agnew’s to photograph a war that pitched Britain, France and Turkey as allies against Russia. Arriving several months after the […]
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from 20/08/2018 to 22/07/2018TalkConversazioni Napoleoniche – Napoleonic conversations: The Palace and its transformations; Napoleon’s brother; the Emperor’s loves
Monday 20th August at 9.30 pm: “Elisa a Palazzo: from rigour to splendour”, Velia Gini Bartoli and Simonetta Giurlani Pardini. The Palazzo Ducale has been the centre of the political power of the city for centuries, but only with Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi does it assume the appearance it has today, and only with her profound and […]
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from 09/07/2018 to 15/07/2018Conference, Guided TourInternational Napoleonic Society 2018 Conference (Vienna)
There will be four days of papers and three days of tours, including Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 July. The main topics are: the King of Rome, the year 1809, The (First) Congress of Vienna and Politics, Military Operations, Soldiers of War, Italy and Beyond, Political Consequences, Logistics and Research, Full programme here. For more information, […]
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23/06/2018Guided TourThe Napoleonic sites of Pavia
The Natural History Museum of the University of Pavia is organizing a guided tour, open to all, dedicated to Napoleon I and his stays in Pavia. Saturday, June 23, with meeting at 10.30am in Piazza Botta 10 in Pavia, you can access the ancient aristocratic residence of the Botta Adorno family that was considered the […]