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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, […]

“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 […]

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 […]

 'Waterloo and Windsor' tours of Windsor Castle's State Apartments and Waterloo Chamber. 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and the defeat of Napoleon. In celebration of the allied victory, George IV created the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle, a grand space filled with portraits of those instrumental in the victory, among them the […]